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Airbus

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commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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The Airbus Defence and Space site in Friedrichshafen, Germany will head an industrial consortium of companies from 19 countries to deliver CRISTAL.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductSep 23, 2020ESA selects Airbus to build CRISTAL

The Airbus and Eutelsat consortia will study the pros and cons of large geostationary satellites, smaller low Earth orbit satellites, satellite ground systems, and other topics for the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductSep 23, 2020Airbus, Eutelsat win ESA study contracts • Leonardo CEO to lead industry group

Thales Alenia Space signed an 88-million-euro subcontract with Airbus on 2020-09-21 to build CRISTAL’s main instrument.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipSep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU

Optus, Yahsat and Arabsat each ordered a satellite from Airbus in 2020, and Hispasat ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2020Intelsat taps Maxar for fifth C-band satellite, capping order spree

Hylas-3 is a hosted payload with eight steerable beams that launched in mid-2019 as part of Airbus and the European Space Agency’s EDRS-C satellite.

Mentioned as: AirbusNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2020After downsizing, Avanti focusing on fleet fill rate, mulls small GEO satellites

Thuraya-4 NGS will be built on an Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite platform with a 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload processor that can adjust power levels for 250 communications beams.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipAug 28, 2020Yahsat begins Thuraya fleet refresh with Airbus satellite order

Yahsat contracted Airbus Defence and Space on 2020-08-27 to build a satellite for Thuraya.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipAug 28, 2020Yahsat begins Thuraya fleet refresh with Airbus satellite order

Airbus Defence and Space will build Badr-8 using the Eurostar Neo all-electric platform.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipAug 18, 2020Arabsat orders all-electric Airbus satellite

Airbus is designing Badr-8 for a design life that exceeds 15 years.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductAug 18, 2020Arabsat orders all-electric Airbus satellite

Arabsat ordered a geostationary communications satellite from Airbus Defence and Space on 2022-08-18.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipAug 18, 2020Arabsat orders all-electric Airbus satellite

Airbus U.S. operates under a Special Security Agreement that requires it to be run by an independent board of directors that does not report to the parent company in France.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipAug 16, 2020Airbus eyes new customers for OneWeb Satellites

Airbus, which owns 50 percent of OneWeb Satellites, has kept the Florida factory open and is preparing to ramp up production to eight satellites per week later 2020.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductAug 16, 2020Airbus eyes new customers for OneWeb Satellites

The ESA-led competition to select second-generation Galileo suppliers is arranged on behalf of the European Commission and pits OHB against Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space both helped build the Galileo ground segment, giving them familiarity with the constellation.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Airbus expects the Galileo second-generation satellites to be a significantly different system with upgraded technologies including payload processing, beam forming networks, active antennas, and electric propulsion on a larger platform.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space Italy built the first four Galileo satellites used to validate the constellation concept.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

OHB bested an Airbus and Thales Alenia Space consortium in 2011 to build the Galileo first-generation constellation and has been the prime contractor for the satellites since then.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Telesat and Airbus Defence and Space have received study contracts to design potential spacecraft buses for Blackjack.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition

Xtar has a memorandum of understanding with Hisdesat to use capacity on the SpainSat NG satellites that Airbus is building.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 31, 2020Xtar sells satellite to Hisdesat, shifts to lease agreement

Airbus built Eutelsat Quantum in the United Kingdom on a platform from its subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 30, 2020Intelsat to market half of capacity on Eutelsat’s Quantum satellite
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