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15 December 2015 – PerúSAT-1, a future very high resolution Earth observation satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space for CONIDA, the Peruvian Space Agency, is taking shape with the instrument now mated onto the platform. The satellite wi...

9 December 2015 – ESA and Airbus Defence and Space have signed a €350m contract to develop and build ESA’s JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) spacecraft.

3 December 2015 – LISA Pathfinder, a European Space Agency (ESA) science spacecraft, designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space, has been successfully placed into orbit from the Kourou European spaceport in French Guiana.

30 November 2015 – LISA Pathfinder, the European Space Agency’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, is being readied by engineers from Airbus Defence and Space for a 2 December 2015 lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana.

25 November 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has successfully supplied the radio networks for audio communications for the official cycling test event prior to next year’s eagerly awaited sports event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

23 November 2015 – Telstar 12 VANTAGE, built by Airbus Defence and Space for Telesat, is scheduled for launch on 24 November on an H-IIA launch vehicle from Japan.

17 November 2015 – Through a contract signed today with the European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space continues to develop Eurostar Neo, its new generation of platforms for geostationary telecommunication satellites.

13 November 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first ACES Ground Terminal to the German National Metrology Institute (PhysikalischTechnische Bundesanstalt, PTB) in Braunschweig (Germany).