A year or so ago, aerospace giant Thales Alenia was complaining of falling sales and pressures on the overall business and in particular on its space business. Now, despite the cancellation of two SES geostationary satellites (costing some €153 million/$174.5 million) the company reports a much healthier order book. The two cancelled SES craft were […]
Aerospace giant Airbus says its space division, which a year ago was anxious about its prospects, has seen business rebound and has successfully met its financial targets making it well-positioned to reap the benefits of surging demand from European governments. In a July 21st investor conference, Airbus management did not precisely reveal its Q2 2026 […]
Australia formally asked the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for a launch time extension to the ITU’s rule for its planned Optus 11 satellite. The current obligation should have seen Optus 11 delivered in 2023, and launched later that year. Airbus Defence & Space is building the satellite. The ITU rules were that the satellite be […]
SES, the space solutions company, and Airbus Netherlands have signed a ground lease agreement with the Dutch municipality of Noordwijk for a plot at the NL Space Campus, next to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical center ESTeC. The facility will host a dedicated optical ground station (OGS) to communicate with the EAGLE-1 satellite and […]
SWISSto12, the Swiss aerospace and telecommunications company, has announced a trio of new appointments to support the its next phase of global expansion. Mike Kaliski will assume the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), transitioning from his position as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for HummingSat. He brings more than 30 years of experience working with geostationary (GEO) satellite manufacturers. As […]
Airbus has been selected by Delta Air Lines to equip its 20 A350-1000s on order, leveraging Airbus’ HBCplus. In doing so, the airline became Airbus’ first North-American customer of its linefit offering. Airbus will work with Delta and Hughes to equip Delta’s A350-1000s with the multi-orbit in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution, co-developed by Delta and Hughes, […]
Airbus will launch its first Pléiades Neo Next satellite early 2028 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be launched on an Avio’s Vega C rocket. With the Pléiades Neo Next programme, Airbus says it is reinforcing its Earth Observation capabilities and services “to remain at the forefront of geospatial technologies”. […]
Airbus Defence & Space wants to consolidate its separate Airbus Constellations Satellites business. A French union (Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes (UNSA)) has described the move as industrial, economic and social nonsense. The Constellations business is the former Airbus OneWeb Satellite business formed as a joint venture in January 2016 between Airbus and Eutelsat OneWeb […]
Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has launched a new demonstrator called Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network). Its mission is to enable standardised global connectivity by exploring advanced 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) capabilities. This demonstrator aims to explore the 5G NTN, a versatile connectivity technology compatible with all types of business applications. […]
Eutelsat has awarded Airbus Defence and Space a contract to build a further 340 OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Together with the previous batch of 100 satellites ordered in December 2024, the total number of satellites ordered is up to 440. The satellites will be manufactured at Airbus Defence and Space’s Toulouse facility on […]