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Complete integration of the SKYNET 6A satellite will take place at Airbus facilities in the UK.
More than 45 small and medium sized enterprises and subcontractors are supporting Airbus on the SKYNET 6A programme.
SKYNET 6A will feature proven Airbus electric orbit raising propulsion and electric station keeping systems.
SKYNET 6A utilizes an Airbus military communications payload that adopts the latest digital processing to provide more capacity and greater versatility than previous SKYNET satellites.
Airbus was awarded the SKYNET 6A contract in July 2020 to supplement the existing SKYNET 5 fleet and enhance the UK’s military satellite communications capability.
Pléiades Neo is Airbus Defence and Space’s optical 0.3 m resolution satellite constellation.
Airbus has more than 400 people working on the SKYNET 6A project at sites in Stevenage, Portsmouth, and Hawthorn.
Airbus is building the SKYNET 6A satellite and its military communications payload entirely in the UK.
Vega C Flight VV22 will orbit Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6, two additional satellites joining Airbus’ Pléiades constellation.
THEOS-2 is manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space for the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency of Thailand and is a Vega C customer payload.
The Pléiades Neo constellation has been fully funded and manufactured by Airbus, and Airbus will operate the satellites and sell services to commercial customers.
ANYWAVES was selected by Airbus Defence and Space to supply more than 70 products for the satellites to be deployed by Loft Orbital.
The contract between ANYWAVES, Airbus, and Loft Orbital was signed in the first half of 2022.
Airbus Defence and Space unveiled an API in early June that enables customers to task Airbus radar satellites and access a 15-year archive through the OneAtlas platform.
Airbus and ANYWAVES signed a five-year framework contract in summer 2021.
Viasat’s in-flight connectivity equipment will be factory-installed (linefit) on 16 new Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-900 aircraft at the Airbus Center of Excellence production site in Toulouse, France.
ANYWAVES’ telemetry, tracking, and control antennas will equip Airbus’ CO3D constellation.
Airbus Defence and Space was selected by Loft Orbital to supply more than 15 satellite platforms.
Virgin Atlantic selected Viasat’s in-flight connectivity solution for its new Airbus A330-900 aircraft.
Under the contract, Airbus U.S. will supply 42 satellite bus platforms and support vehicle assembly, integration, and testing for Northrop Grumman.