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Airbus is developing a new generation of optical communications technology in space that includes the TELEO demonstrator.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/10/2023Airbus' Eurostar Neo Arabsat BADR-8 Telecoms Satellite Shipped to Cape Canaveral for Launch

Arabsat BADR-8 carries Airbus’ TELEO space demonstrator that provides space-to-ground optical communications at gigabit speeds.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/9/2023Airbus Eurostar Neo Arabsat BADR-8 telecoms satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral and is ready for launch

Airbus had a significant geostationary backlog in 2022 and secured orders for nearly 60 low Earth orbit platforms that year.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/8/2023Sizing up the 2023 GEO manufacturing battleground

Airbus designed and built JUICE under contract to the European Space Agency with contributions from 80 partners across 23 countries and more than 2,000 people.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/14/2023UPDATE 2: ESA’s JUICE moving expeditiously to the Jovian system courtesy of Arianespace + the Ariane 5 launch vehicle — Airbus commentary

Airbus leads an industrial consortium of more than 110 companies across 16 European countries and Canada for the MetOp-SG missions.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/10/2023Airbus Built MetOp-SG Second-Generation Weather Satellites Enter their Test Phases

Airbus leads an industrial consortium of more than 110 companies across 16 European countries and Canada on the MetOp-SG missions.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/6/2023The 1st pair of 2Gen Airbus-built weather satellites enter test phase

The 2023-03-14 contract is the first contract for the Vega C announced since completion of the investigation into the 2022-12-01 Vega launch failure that destroyed two Airbus imaging satellites.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT3/17/2023Arianespace wins Vega contract for Italian imaging satellite constellation

Airbus is partnering with Blacktree Technology in Team Maier as part of its bid to address Australia’s Joint Project JP 9102 to provide a Sovereign Defense Satellite Communications System.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/28/2023Airbus selects Blacktree Technology to provide ground segment for UHF military satcom services across Australasia

Airbus was selected as prime contractor for the JUICE mission by ESA in 2015.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/12/2023JUICE’s final take-off before lift-off

Airbus signed a contract with the Belgian Ministry of Defence to provide tactical satellite communications services for a 15-year period.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/27/2023Airbus to Provide Satellite Communications for Belgian Armed Forces

Airbus signed a contract with the Belgian Ministry of Defence to provide tactical satellite communications services for a 15-year period.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/27/2023Airbus to Provide Satellite Communications for Belgian Armed Forces

Airbus has signed several firm orders for the UHF payload capacity well ahead of the satellite’s scheduled launch.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/25/2023Airbus to provision MILSATCOM for the Belgian Armed Forces

Airbus will offer a new UHF communications service scheduled for launch in 2024 targeted to armed forces, particularly those of European countries and NATO allies.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/25/2023Airbus to provision MILSATCOM for the Belgian Armed Forces

Airbus has signed a contract with the Belgian Ministry of Defence to provide tactical satellite communications services for a 15-year period.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/25/2023Airbus to provision MILSATCOM for the Belgian Armed Forces

Airbus will offer a new UHF communications service scheduled for launch in 2024 to armed forces, particularly those of European countries and NATO allies.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/25/2023Airbus to provide satellite communications for Belgian Armed Forces

Two groups secured contracts under the EuroQCI framework to study quantum communication architectures: one led by Airbus and another by German telco Deutsche Telekom.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/24/2023Thales Alenia Space leading another ESA push to develop quantum comms

Airbus was selected by ESA as prime contractor for JUICE in 2015 and has led a pan-European industrial consortium to design and build the spacecraft.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/22/2023Airbus finalizes JUICE — French Guiana the next stop for an Ariane 5 launch

Airbus was selected as the prime contractor for JUICE in 2015.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/20/2023Europe’s Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft is ready for April launch

Airbus and VDL Group will prepare a demonstration of an UltraAir prototype and conduct a first flight test in 2024 based on development led by Airbus and TNO.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/11/2023Airbus and VDL Group to produce airborne laser communication terminal

Airbus and VDL Group will prepare a demonstration of an UltraAir prototype and a first flight test in 2024.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/11/2023Airbus and VDL Group to produce UltraAir, an airborne laser communication terminal
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