02 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... the service modules for NASA’s four crew Orion MPCV deep-space capsule. The module is to be constructed at an Airbus facility in Bremen, Germany. Based on the successful Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo spacecraft that has been resupplying...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... joint-venture Starsem, owned equally by both sides and registered in France. Starsem’s shareholders are represented today by Airbus Defense & Space (35 per cent) and Arianespace (15 per cent), as well as Roscosmos (25 per cent) and the Samara...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... aerial vehicle (UAV) would provide persistent coverage with different sensors such as higher resolution streaming video. Airbus sees HAPS as complementary to satellites. ICEYE-X1 SAR satellite imagery and illustrated oil storage fill-rate analysis...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
... initiatives and consolidation of the startups landscape evolution of the VHR market and relative shares of Digital Globe, Airbus Defence & Space, and newcomers development of EO services and profile of the top performers (SMEs, web actors, midstream...
November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
... Peake, UK former ESA astronaut; Denis Bensoussan, head of space, Beazley; and Dr Michelle Sprake, lead systems engineer, Airbus. L5 advantage Vigil’s strategic position at the L5 Lagrange point, 60 degrees behind Earth in its orbit around the Sun...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
... 6, rather than ESA. In a press release today, Airbus and Safran said they welcomed ESA’s approval of Ariane 6,... by 20 European entities, including Safran and Airbus (Astrium is part of Airbus). Dordain said he foresees no difficulty in delivering...
