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Nasa has awarded a contract to Airbus to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft, in order to continue the measurement of the Earth’s gravity field. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is working with the German Space Agency, and the craft will be built at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). During its planned five year lifetime, the GRACE-C (Gravity Recovery ...

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Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has completed a deal with Eutelsat OneWeb to purchase its 50% share of the Airbus OneWeb Satellites (AOS) joint venture. Specifically, it will the become the sole owner of AOS and also its satellite manufacturing facility in Merritt Island, in the part of Florida dubbed Space Coast. The AOS joint venture was originally established in ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Airbus in the UK to build its Earth Explorer FORUM satellite, due to launch in 2027. The deal is worth €160 million. Airbus in Stevenage will lead the development of the satellite, with Airbus in Germany responsible for the Instrument signal detection chain, and Airbus in France providing platform product ...

Airbus and Iceye are among the first five commercial operators of radar satellites to be chosen to supply their data to the U.S. government. The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has announced the award of five contracts with Airbus (U.S.), Capella Space, Iceye (U.S.), PredaSAR and Umbra. Basically, the aim is to ensure the U.S. government has access to the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted Airbus to design and build the exoplanet satellite Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey). Following Cheops, which launched in 2019, and Plato, scheduled for launch in 2026, Ariel will be the third dedicated ESA exoplanet mission. It is planned for launch in 2029 and will study the composition of exoplanets, how they formed ...

Airbus Defence and Space has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for the design, development and production of 24 ship sets of solar arrays for its OneSat satellite product line. The solar arrays are a 20kW-class system that deploys over 18 meters in order to provide energy to the satellite, says Northrop. They will power the OneSat communication satellites in geosynchronous ...

Intelsat is buying two more OneSat satellites from Airbus Space Systems, operating in multiple frequency bands. They are due to be delivered in 2023. The geostationary satellites will help provide communications services, for example in the aviation connectivity business. Under the terms of the contract, Airbus will deliver an “end-to-end fully integrated solution”, including design and manufacture of the satellites. ...

Airbus has been awarded a climate change space contract to prepare a mission to collect the first ever absolute measurements of the light reflected off Earth’s surface. The contract is backed by the UK Government and awarded as part of the European Space Agency’s TRUTHS satellite mission, which will improve our ability to track and predict climate change from Earth ...

Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to extend the Skynet satellite fleet with Skynet 6A, supporting military communications systems. The value of the contract for the new satellite is reported to be £500 million. The agreement covers the development, manufacture, cyber protection, assembly, integration, test and launch, of a military communications ...