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Yahsat and Airbus signed an Authorization-to-Proceed in 2023-04-01 to commence initial activities for the AY4 and AY5 satellite program.
AY4 and AY5 are planned to replace Al Yah 1 and Al Yah 2, which were launched in 2011 and 2012 respectively and were based on a previous version of the Airbus-built Eurostar platform.
Airbus is currently building the Thuraya 4 geostationary satellite for Yahsat’s mobile connectivity business.
Airbus Defence and Space will design and build the AY4 and AY5 satellites based on the Eurostar Neo platform.
The LEO satellites for Yahsat will be based on Airbus’ Arrow platform, which is derived from the 150-kilogram spacecraft Airbus helped build for OneWeb’s broadband constellation.
Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 are based on Airbus’ Eurostar Neo platform and will eventually replace Yahsat’s Al Yah 1 and Al Yah 2 satellites to provide government communications across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Yahsat has a procurement contract with Airbus for Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 geostationary satellites scheduled for launch to geostationary orbit in 2027 and 2028 after funding early design work last year.
Airbus is developing the Thuraya 4 (T4) satellite to serve both Yahsat’s UAE government customer and Thuraya’s customers.
The development of Airbus’ Eurostar Neo platform and its flexible payloads has been supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and national space agencies across Europe.
Yahsat ordered a pair of low Earth orbit satellites from Airbus as part of a $1,100,000,000 program for its next two geostationary broadband spacecraft on 2024-06-10.
Airbus OneWeb Satellites, a Florida-based joint venture, built the current generation of OneWeb satellites.
Airbus spent over two decades developing Zephyr’s core technology and remains Aalto’s largest shareholder following the investment deal.
The Airbus Defence and Space payload aboard EXO-0 includes a passive detumbling device designed to facilitate active debris removal.
Exotrail deployed an 8U satellite named EXO-0 that was manufactured by Endurosat and carried a payload from Airbus Defence and Space.
Airbus is scheduled to deliver three more atmospheric Sentinels in the near future, consisting of one Sentinel-4 and two Sentinel-5 instruments.
The additional atmospheric Sentinels delivered by Airbus are expected to operate in orbit providing data for the next two decades.
Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first Sentinel-5 instrument for the European Space Agency for integration on MetOp Second Generation Satellite A.
Airbus in Ottobrunn delivered Sentinel-5 as the second atmospheric Sentinel following the delivery of Sentinel-4 about 1.5 years earlier.
Starlab Space is a joint venture established in 2024 by Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space.
The SpainSat NG satellites feature active X-band antennas in reception and transmission that provide 16 communications beams each with electronic configuration and orientation developed by Airbus Defence & Space System in Spain.