Airbus

11 May 2015 – At the 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment in Berlin, the European Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space signed the development and production contract for the Jason-CS/Sentinel-6A satellite.

6 May 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space and Cisco today announced a new global partner agreement that will combine their complementary technology strengths in the defense, security and satellite communication industries to create innovative pro...

27 April 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has signed a contract with the French space agency (CNES) to build the platform and carry out final integration of the MERLIN (MEthaneRemote sensing LIdar mis...

26 April 2015 – Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 64th time in a row, once again confirming the reliability of the European launcher. This was the 222nd Ariane flight and the 78th Ariane 5 launch.

Since late 2011, when the Pleiades A satellite was launched from Kourou, GN&C equipment built by Airbus Defence and Space Electronics have allowed Earth Observation missions to become more efficient.

30 March 2015 – DIRECTV 15, the most powerful US broadcast satellite, has left Airbus Defence and Space’s cleanrooms in Toulouse (France). It will now be shipped to Kourou for launch by Ariane 5 in May 2015. DIRECTV 15 is based on the highly ...

26 March 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has chosen Arianespace to launch PeruSat-1, the Peruvian Earth observation satellite on a European Vega launcher from Kourou spaceport. The launch of PeruSat-1 is scheduled for 2016.

19 March 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space in UK is now producing its first space qualified aluminium 3D printed components after a two year research and development programme under the National Space Technology Programme, through Innovate UK (...