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Airbus

NL
commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Airbus can offer synthetic aperture radar imaging through Germany’s TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites and Spain’s Paz satellite, enabling imaging through clouds and at night.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJun 25, 2018Planet, Airbus start joint satellite-imagery product initiative

Airbus operates two Pleiades satellites capable of optical imaging at 50-centimeter resolution.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJun 25, 2018Planet, Airbus start joint satellite-imagery product initiative

Northrop Grumman is building unfurlable reflectors for the two Inmarsat-6 satellites that Airbus is building.

Mentioned as: AirbusNarrative GeneralJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

Airbus Defence and Space identifies SES-12 as the largest and most powerful all-electric satellite ever produced.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductJun 4, 2018SpaceX launches SES-12 on “hybrid” Falcon 9

Airbus’ Paz satellite joined Airbus Defence and Space’s SAR constellation in February, reducing the constellation’s revisit time from 11 days to between four and seven days.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductMay 22, 2018Not convinced of the promise of commercial radar satellites? Meet the radar mafia.

Inmarsat has three satellites under construction: a Ka-band satellite dubbed GX-5 from Thales Alenia Space and two Inmarsat-6 satellites with L- and Ka-band capacity from Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductMay 3, 2018Inmarsat hints at “GX Flex” next-gen satellite investment

OneWeb is building the first 900 satellites of its constellation through a joint venture with Airbus called OneWeb Satellites.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 1, 2018OneWeb shifts first launch to year’s end

Airbus invested in the European Data Relay System (SpaceDataHighway), a constellation of satellites with laser links to speed the transfer of Earth observation imagery.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductApr 24, 2018Satellite operators, data analysts agree on need for speed

Astrobotic has a commercial partnership with Airbus DS and a corporate sponsorship with DHL.

Mentioned as: Airbus DSTechnical ProductMar 13, 2018Astrobotic Awarded NASA Contract 
to Develop CubeRover for Lunar Missions

Airbus Defence and Space and Space Tango entered into an agreement on 2017-10-26 to combine their commercial programs for greater utilization of the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductOct 26, 2017Space Tango Announces Partnership with Airbus Defence and Space

GomSpace and Airbus Defence and Space performed a joint live Atlantic flight tracking demonstration of the GOMX-3 mission in 2016.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductSep 1, 2017GomSpace partners with Airbus Defence and Space to enhance space-based aircraft surveillance

Airbus Defence and Space intends to create the Airbus Surveillance Digital Eco-System to fuse space and ground data and provide global, near-real-time data to track every aircraft anywhere.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductSep 1, 2017GomSpace partners with Airbus Defence and Space to enhance space-based aircraft surveillance

The rest of Qantas’s domestic Boeing 737 and Airbus A330 fleet will receive the faster Wi-Fi connection from mid-2017 onwards.

Mentioned as: airbusTechnical ProductFeb 14, 2017Qantas Wi-Fi to get a workout with Foxtel, Netflix and Spotify on board

HawkEye 360 tasked Airbus to collect SAR imagery and combined RF data with SAR to analyze vessel activity, including discovering VHF communications between dark vessels and examples of transshipment activity.

Mentioned as: airbusTechnical ProductHawkEye 360 Arctic Brief
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