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Airbus

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commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Airbus Defence and Space’s German and Spanish divisions were awarded prime contracts totaling €675 million for two of the six Copernicus missions.

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

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

Faraday-1 included payloads for multiple customers, including Airbus Defence and Space’s Prometheus 1 reprogrammable software-defined radio payload.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductJul 4, 2020Rocket Lab Electron launch fails

Richard Franklin, managing director of Airbus Defence and Space U.K., is eager to work with OneWeb to grow the UK contribution to the business and support the next phase of OneWeb’s operations.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and Space U.K.Org RelationshipJul 3, 2020British government and Bharti Global buy OneWeb, plan $1 billion investment to revive company

OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus tasked with building OneWeb’s satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJul 3, 2020British government and Bharti Global buy OneWeb, plan $1 billion investment to revive company

Optus-11 will be built on Airbus’ OneSat platform with a reconfigurable payload that can steer and reassign beams for different customers and services.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 2, 2020Optus orders OneSat satellite from Airbus

Optus is Airbus’ second customer for the OneSat platform following Inmarsat’s three-satellite order in 2019.

Mentioned as: airbusTechnical ProductJul 2, 2020Optus orders OneSat satellite from Airbus

Airbus designed the OneSat platform with help from the European, French, and British space agencies as a smaller geostationary satellite that can eventually be built in 18 months.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 2, 2020Optus orders OneSat satellite from Airbus

Airbus aims to reach an 18-month OneSat build time in 2022.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJul 2, 2020Optus orders OneSat satellite from Airbus

Airbus Defence and Space will build a geostationary communications satellite for Optus.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductJul 2, 2020Optus orders OneSat satellite from Airbus

Airbus’ combination of 0.5-meter spatial resolution Pleiades-1A and Pleiades-1B visible and near-infrared imagery; 1.5-meter spatial resolution Spot-6 and Spot-7 visible and near-infrared imagery; and radar data from TerraSAR-X, Tandem-X, and Paz will provide improved digital elevation retrievals at monthly intervals for large portions of the Earth.

Mentioned as: AirbusNarrative GeneralMay 27, 2020NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

Airbus qualified for inclusion in CSDAP in the fall prior to 2025-05-06 but NASA had not determined what type of Earth observation data it would seek to acquire from Airbus as of that notice.

Mentioned as: AirbusNarrative GeneralMay 27, 2020NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

Airbus operates two Pleiades satellites, two Spot optical satellites, and three X-band radar satellites.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductMay 27, 2020NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

NASA plans to enter into a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement with Airbus Defence and Space GEO Inc. for unique commercial optical and radar satellite imagery.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and Space GEO Inc.Technical ProductMay 27, 2020NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

Airbus Defence and Space performs interferometry by revisiting locations in four to seven days with TerraSAR‑X and Tandem‑X operating in a constellation with Hisdesat’s Paz satellite.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductMay 8, 2020Iceye to offer interferometry with small radar satellites

Infostellar raised the $3,500,000 through a convertible bond sale to existing investors Airbus Ventures and the Sony Innovation Fund.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2020Infostellar, watching coronavirus, extends capital raising effort

Infostellar raised $3,500,000 in new funds on 2020-04-29 from Airbus Ventures and other investors.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2020Infostellar, watching coronavirus, extends capital raising effort

Orbital Insight uses computer vision to count cars on Beijing’s 4th Ring Road using imagery from Airbus’ Pleiades satellite.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductApr 26, 2020Satellites reveal striking impact of COVID-19 on people and air quality

Hisdesat ordered two SpainSat next-generation satellites from Airbus Defence and Space to replace Xtar-Eur and SpainSat in 2023.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipApr 22, 2020Xtar, Hisdesat weigh life extension for aging satellites

OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus created to build OneWeb’s constellation.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipApr 20, 2020After bankruptcy, OneWeb’s supply chain looking for new ways to keep busy
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