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Airbus

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commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Airbus Defence and Space will partner with Thales Alenia Space of Italy on the Earth Return Orbiter spacecraft.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductJul 29, 2020NASA and ESA outline cost of Mars sample return

ESA plans to award a contract to Airbus Defence and Space of France to build the Earth Return Orbiter.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 29, 2020NASA and ESA outline cost of Mars sample return

Hughes Network Systems invested $50,000,000 in OneWeb in 2015 alongside Airbus Group, Bharti Enterprises, Coca-Cola, Intelsat, Qualcomm, Totalplay, and the Virgin Group as part of OneWeb’s $500,000,000 Series A round.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 28, 2020Hughes Network Systems to invest $50 million in revived OneWeb

OneWeb builds its satellites at a purpose-built $85,000,000 factory in Florida through the joint venture OneWeb Satellites with Airbus.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 23, 2020UK Parliament to scrutinize OneWeb purchase

The 2.55-billion-euro ESA funding is sufficient for Airbus, Thales Alenia Space, and OHB to start building the Copernicus satellites.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

Airbus Defence and Space built the Anasis-2 using the Eurostar E3000 satellite bus.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 20, 2020SpaceX Falcon 9 launches South Korea’s Anasis-2 military satellite

Airbus shipped the Anasis-2 spacecraft in mid-June from its facility in Toulouse to Cape Canaveral.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 20, 2020SpaceX Falcon 9 launches South Korea’s Anasis-2 military satellite

Airbus Defence and Space manufactured the Anasis-2 satellite in France.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductJul 20, 2020SpaceX Falcon 9 launches South Korea’s Anasis-2 military satellite

Airbus manages the Skynet-5 network and its management contract expires in 2022.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2020British military finalizes Skynet-6A contract with Airbus

Airbus and OneWeb have a joint venture called OneWeb Satellites that is tasked with building the OneWeb megaconstellation.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 19, 2020British military finalizes Skynet-6A contract with Airbus

Airbus Defence and Space will build the Skynet-6A satellite in the United Kingdom and arrange a 2025 launch.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductJul 19, 2020British military finalizes Skynet-6A contract with Airbus

Airbus invested in HawkEye 360’s Series B funding round and that investment created distribution opportunities for HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 16, 2020HawkEye 360 completes environmental testing of updated satellites

The Special Security Agreement requires Airbus’ U.S. business to be run by an independent board of directors that is not managed by Airbus corporate leadership in France.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 15, 2020Airbus reorganizes U.S. operations to fuel growth in space and defense

The Airbus factory in Florida will resume producing satellites for OneWeb under its new ownership.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 15, 2020Airbus reorganizes U.S. operations to fuel growth in space and defense

Airbus has a 50% stake in OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture created in 2016 between Airbus and OneWeb to build hundreds of satellites for the OneWeb constellation.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 15, 2020Airbus reorganizes U.S. operations to fuel growth in space and defense

Airbus plans to build supply chains in the U.S. to support programs long term.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 15, 2020Airbus reorganizes U.S. operations to fuel growth in space and defense

Airbus plans to offer space technologies to NASA for exploration efforts and to partner with U.S. companies such as Lockheed Martin to deliver space technology to the U.S. government.

Mentioned as: AirbusNarrative PlanJul 15, 2020Airbus reorganizes U.S. operations to fuel growth in space and defense

OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture created in 2016 by Airbus and OneWeb to build satellites for the OneWeb constellation.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 14, 2020Bankruptcy court frees payment to OneWeb Satellites to restart satellite manufacturing

ArianeGroup, a joint venture of Airbus and Safran, is the prime contractor building Ariane 6 for the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 9, 2020ESA confirms Ariane 6 delay to 2021

The Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) mission will carry a multi-frequency radar altimeter and microwave radiometer to measure sea-ice thickness and overlying snow depth, with Airbus Defence and Space Germany leading development on a €300 million contract.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and Space GermanyTechnical ProductJul 6, 2020Thales Alenia Space wins lion’s share of newly awarded Copernicus contracts
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