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Airbus

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commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Airbus Defence and Space and a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team are competing for a Telesat contract estimated at $3,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductMay 2, 2019Telesat to receive constellation bids this summer

U.K. Export Finance provided a $325,000,000 loan to Turkey for two satellites that Airbus Defence and Space is building partly in the United Kingdom.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductMay 2, 2019Telesat to receive constellation bids this summer

Boeing built five of Intelsat’s Epic-series satellites and supplied the payload for one Epic satellite that used a chassis from Airbus Defense and Space.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defense and SpaceTechnical ProductApr 30, 2019Intelsat still searching for cause of IS-29e loss, replacement satellite TBD

U.K. Export Finance signed a $325,000,000 loan with Turkey to support two satellites Airbus is building under a 2017 contract.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2019UK Export Finance loans $325 million for Turksat satellites Airbus is building

U.K. Export Finance provided £35,500,000for a satellite sold to Russian Satellite Communications Co. in 2013 with Airbus involvement.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2019UK Export Finance loans $325 million for Turksat satellites Airbus is building

Airbus won the two-satellite Turksat order over Space Systems Loral and Mitsubishi Electric in a tender first announced in October 2017 and closed in November 2017.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2019UK Export Finance loans $325 million for Turksat satellites Airbus is building

Airbus’ contract for Turksat-5A and Turksat-5B includes the provision of a ground station, launch services, and in-orbit delivery and is worth nearly $500,000,000 as of 2019-04-25.

Mentioned as: airbusTechnical ProductApr 25, 2019UK Export Finance loans $325 million for Turksat satellites Airbus is building

U.K. Export Finance provided £22,000,000for a satellite to Malaysian operator Measat in 2014 with Airbus involvement.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2019UK Export Finance loans $325 million for Turksat satellites Airbus is building

Boeing built payloads for all six of Intelsat’s Epic-class high-throughput satellites and built the chassis for five of them, while Airbus supplied the platform for Intelsat-32e.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipApr 18, 2019Intelsat-29e declared a total loss

Boeing built five of the six Intelsat Epic satellites and supplied the payload for Intelsat-32e, which used a bus from Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductApr 10, 2019Intelsat-29e satellite suffers fuel leak, spotted drifting along GEO arc

Telesat expects to select a satellite manufacturer later 2019, with candidates being Airbus Defence and Space or a consortium of Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductApr 5, 2019Relativity signs contract with Telesat for launching LEO constellation

Emmanuel Sauzay, director of commercial space at Airbus Defence and Space, identified many companies planning smallsat constellations to provide Internet of Things services.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMar 26, 2019How the space industry learned to stop worrying and love the bubble

Airbus proposed in 2015 a winged system to fly back first-stage engines and noted that the approach reduced payload capacity compared with an expendable rocket.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMar 21, 2019Germany begins reusability study to capture rockets in midair and land them with a plane

On 2019-03-19 in Cedar Park, Texas, Firefly Aerospace executed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus Defence and Space to develop new space launch solutions for Airbus customers.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMar 19, 2019Airbus Defence and Space Enters Memorandum of Understanding with Firefly Aerospace Airbus and Firefly to Partner on Launch Solutions for Constellations

Airbus delivers three aircraft per day, creating a supplier base experienced in high-rate production deliveries.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMar 19, 2019What Airbus learned from building satellites with OneWeb

Airbus designed the new single onboard computer for the OneWeb satellites and outsourced production to a supplier capable of building it at scale.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMar 19, 2019What Airbus learned from building satellites with OneWeb

The partnership between Airbus Defence and Space and Firefly Aerospace will provide Airbus customers launch options with direct access to specific orbits, operational flexibility, and short-notice launch capability.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMar 19, 2019Airbus Defence and Space Enters Memorandum of Understanding with Firefly Aerospace Airbus and Firefly to Partner on Launch Solutions for Constellations

Firefly Aerospace and Airbus will work to develop integrated solutions intended to enable rapid deployment and replenishment of Airbus customer constellations.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMar 19, 2019Airbus Defence and Space Enters Memorandum of Understanding with Firefly Aerospace Airbus and Firefly to Partner on Launch Solutions for Constellations

Firefly Aerospace and Airbus will collaborate to develop integrated solutions that aim to accelerate the global small satellite market and support commercialization of cis-lunar space.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMar 19, 2019Airbus Defence and Space Enters Memorandum of Understanding with Firefly Aerospace Airbus and Firefly to Partner on Launch Solutions for Constellations

Firefly Aerospace will formulate an integrated market offering to provide Airbus customers rapid deployment of Airbus-manufactured satellites.

Mentioned as: airbusTechnical ProductMar 19, 2019Airbus Defence and Space Enters Memorandum of Understanding with Firefly Aerospace Airbus and Firefly to Partner on Launch Solutions for Constellations
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