Airbus

30 July 2014 – The 60th consecutive successful launch of the European launcher Ariane 5 sees European space transporter ATV “Georges Lemaître” safely on its way to the ISS.

17 July 2014 – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has just been awarded a contract by SES, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, to design and build a highly innovative high-performance telecommunica...

14 July 2014 – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, is preparing to launch the ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) -5 “Georges Lemaître”.

8 July 2014 – Airbus Defence and Space has just completed the production of the two heat shields for the first European ExoMars mission in 2016.

2 July 2014 – At the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow (FIA), Airbus Defence and Space will present its broad portfolio in the air, on a static display, in the Airbus pavilion and in the Space Zone.

23 June 2014 – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, is making final preparations for the launch of SPOT 7, its new high-resolution Earth observation satellite. In the next few days, it will be integrated on the PSLV ...

21 May 2014 – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, is making the final preparations for the launch of EUTELSAT 3B, the latest spacecraft of the Eutelsat fleet, a leading global satellite operator. EUTELSAT 3B is due ...

20 May 2014 – In the presence of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Defence and Space (the world’s second largest space company), as the industrial prime contractor, signed today the first contractual d...