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commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Airbus signed a contract with Arianespace on 2020-12-07 to launch a four-satellite optical Earth observation constellation aboard a Vega C rocket in 2023.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/9/2020Arianespace to launch four-satellite Airbus CO3D constellation aboard Vega C

Airbus offered the Arrow satellite bus manufactured at the Airbus OneWeb Satellites facility in Florida for the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 procurement.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/7/2020Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellites on hold as Raytheon files new protest

Pléiades-Neo 1 is one of two Pléiades-Neo satellites Airbus plans to launch on Vega rockets in the first half of 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/20/2020Avio CEO promises Vega’s rapid return to flight as CNES plots replacement satellite

Pléiades-Neo 1 is one of two Pléiades-Neo satellites Airbus plans to launch on Vega rockets in the first half of 2021.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/20/2020Avio CEO promises Vega’s rapid return to flight as CNES plots replacement satellite

Plex-Earth will launch at the 2020 Autodesk University with imagery from Airbus, Maxar, Nearmap, and Hexagon.

NARRATIVE PLAN11/18/2020New Satellite & Aerial Imagery Platform launched by Plexscape during Autodesk University Conference

Airbus offered the Arrow satellite bus made at Airbus OneWeb Satellites’ manufacturing facility in Florida for the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 competition.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/6/2020Airbus, Raytheon protest Space Development Agency satellite contract awards

Airbus recognised a restructuring provision of €-1.2 billion in reported EBIT for the nine months ended 30 September 2020.

NARRATIVE GOVERNANCE10/29/2020Airbus reports nine months 2020 results

Airbus reported a consolidated net loss of €-2,686 million for the nine months ended 30 September 2020.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL10/29/2020Airbus reports nine months 2020 results

Airbus booked €-1,200 million in 2020-07-01 related to the Company-wide restructuring plan of which €-981 million were for Airbus and €-219 million were for Airbus Defence and Space.

NARRATIVE GOVERNANCE10/29/2020Airbus reports nine months 2020 results

Airbus is under contract to provide service modules for the first three Orion spacecraft and is negotiating a contract for the next three Orion service modules.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/15/2020ESA awards contracts for moon and Mars exploration

Airbus and Thales Alenia Space won contracts valued at more than $1,000,000,000 with ESA and the UK in the summer prior to The Space Report 2020 Q3.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/14/2020Global commercial space revenue reaches $336.89 billion

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

NARRATIVE GROWTH7/20/2020SpaceX Falcon 9 launches South Korea’s Anasis-2 military satellite

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

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL7/16/2020HawkEye 360 completes environmental testing of updated satellites

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

NARRATIVE PLAN7/15/2020Airbus 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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/15/2020Airbus 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.

NARRATIVE GROWTH7/15/2020Airbus reorganizes U.S. operations to fuel growth in space and defense

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/27/2020NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

Airbus finished 2019 with six GEO orders, including three for Inmarsat, one for Measat, and two to be built as lead partner with Thales Alenia Space for Hisdesat.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/21/2020Geostationary satellite orders bouncing back

Airbus Group proposes cutting 829 jobs in Germany, 630 jobs in Spain, 404 jobs in France, 357 jobs in the United Kingdom, and 142 jobs elsewhere.

NARRATIVE GOVERNANCE2/20/2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs

Airbus participated as an investor in HawkEye 360’s $70,000,000 Series B funding in August 2019.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL1/20/2020HawkEye 360 and Airbus Form Strategic Partnership
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