ST Engineering iDirect and Airbus Defence and Space have entered into a strategic partnership to enable tighter, space to ground integration, and promote technology and vision for the future. The […]
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European space and telecoms players form partnership to bid for IRIS² Constellation
A group of European space and telecommunications players have come together to form a partnership to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender related to the future European satellite […]
Airbus and TerraNIS to export Farmstar in Europe
Airbus Defence and Space has signed an agreement with TerraNIS to export Farmstar, the space-based precision farming and crop monitoring service, outside of France. Farmstar Export will be developed in […]
Angola’s EO Angeo-1 satellite to be built by Airbus
Airbus Defence and Space has announced an agreement for Angeo-1, the first, very high performance, Angolan Earth Observation (EO) satellite, to be manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space in France, […]
Airbus selects Blacktree Technology to provide ground segment for UHF military satcom services across Australasia
Airbus Defence and Space has selected Blacktree Technology Pty Ltd of Perth, Australia, to provide the ground segment for the Airbus funded UHF military communications hosted payload on-board a commercial telecommunications satellite manufactured by […]
Speedcast wins APAC teleport services contract from Airbus and UK’s MoD
Speedcast has been awarded a contract extension by Airbus to provide gateway hosting services offering secure access to the Airbus SKYNET military satellite system from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Airbus […]
Airbus developing two EO satellites for Poland
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with Poland to provide a geospatial intelligence system including the development, manufacture, launch and delivery on-orbit of two, high-performance, optical, EO satellites. […]
UPDATE 4: Arianespace + ESA appoint an independent inquiry mission to investigate the Flight VB22 launch failure
The Arianespace Vega C VV22 launch vehicle lifted off as scheduled on December 20, 2022 at 10:47 p.m. (local time in French Guiana). The lift-off, the mission and the separation […]
Airbus delivers the 1st Sentinel-4 air-monitoring instrument to ESA
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully delivered the first Sentinel-4/UVN (Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infra-Red) multispectral instrument flight model to the European Space Agency (ESA) — this instrument will be […]
Airbus + UNSW Sydney collaborate on research for high efficiency solar cells for use in space
Airbus Defence and Space has selected the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, to conduct a 3-1/2 year research project for the development of high efficiency solar […]