Items Tagged with 'Airbus Defence and Space'

Airbus Defence and Space, who is building six of the Galileo Second Generation constellation satellites, presented their first flight model structure to the programme’s stakeholders.

Fixed to a special device, simulating zero gravity conditions, the 12.3 meter wide and 860 kg synthetic aperture radar (SAR) radar antenna of the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite has successfully spread its wings at the Airbus Integrated Technology Centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany, for the first time.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) to extend and enhance the Skynet fleet.