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Both I-6 satellites were designed and manufactured in the United Kingdom at Airbus facilities in Stevenage and Portsmouth before final assembly in Toulouse, France.
Further ESMs 7, 8, and 9 were authorized at the ESA ministerial council in November 2022 and Airbus is finalizing an offer to provide them.
Airbus transported I-6 F2 via the Azores, Newfoundland, and Washington D.C. aboard its Beluga transportation aircraft.
ESA contracted Airbus to lead the European consortium and build six European Service Modules to date.
Airbus was selected as prime contractor for the JUICE mission by ESA in 2015.
The European Space Agency awarded a study contract to KSAT as prime contractor with partners DLR, Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, and Airbus Defence and Space to study the efficient distribution of future ground station locations and the use of novel downlink protocols.
The Vega C rocket failed to reach orbit on 2022-12-20, destroying two Pléiades Neo imaging satellites for Airbus Defence and Space.
Airbus’ geostationary telecommunications satellites have accumulated more than 1,300 years of successful operation and are in service or being built for the world’s leading geostationary satellite operators.
Inmarsat has commissioned ten geo-telecommunications satellites from Airbus including Inmarsat-6 F1 and Inmarsat-6 F2.
The first Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 satellite, I-6 F1, was launched in December 2021.
Inmarsat-6 F2 will be the 58th Eurostar E3000 spacecraft built by Airbus.
The KOMPSAT-6 payload was manufactured by LIG Nex1 under the technical assistance of Airbus Defence and Space.
The Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 F2 geostationary telecommunications satellite arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on board an Airbus Beluga ready for its launch in February.
Airbus investments in the platform and payload technologies used on Inmarsat-6 are supported by the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and CNES.
The European Commission selected eight collaborative projects in July 2022 that Airbus is part of covering different innovative technology areas.
Airbus launched two defence research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defence Fund.
The 5,500-kilogram Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite arrived at its Florida launch site after a three-day journey from Airbus’ testing facilities in France.
Inmarsat-6 F2 is identical to the Airbus-built Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched in late 2021 toward a geostationary orbit above the Indian Ocean.
Airbus last used a Beluga to ship the Hotbird 13F satellite from France to Florida in October.
Airbus expects Inmarsat-6 F2 to complete post-launch orbital maneuvers and testing and to enter service in early 2024.