Airbus Defence and Space

Successful launch for Thuraya-4!🚀 The latest Airbus-built telecommunications satellite has been successfully launched last weekend, from the Kennedy Space Center and is now up in space, where it will be fully tested and move to its orbital slot before starting its mission! With its umbrella-like reflectors, Space42 ’s Thuraya-4 will provide increased telecommunications coverage across Europe, Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East. The Thuraya-4 satellite was built and tested by Airbus in the UK and France. ©️Space X

A few hours ahead of Thuraya-4 launch, let's throwback to the production in our cleanrooms of the next gen telecom satellite for Space42. 📅 Launch scheduled on 4 Jan 01:27 UTC 🛰️ Thuraya-4 NGS full electric telecom satellite 🚀 Falcon9 from SpaceX 📍Kennedy Space Center 🌐 Orbit: GEO (36,000km) 📡 TV & Internet for Europe, Middle East, Africa & Central Asia

Cruising into 2025 in style. ✨  Watch how the first #A400M for Kazakhstan captures the sky.

Let's recap this year's airshow season with a glimpse behind the scenes with the Luftwaffe - German Airforce Eurofighter Display Team! 'Bookie' and 'Bambam' share what they like best about presenting the #Eurofighter to the crowds and their frequently asked questions. Check out the full video on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/edGyKETe What airshows are looking forward to in 2025? Share them in the comments! #Defence #DefenceMatters

It's #ThrowbackThursday time - part 2 of our trip around the world in 60 seconds! Here are some more of our "FAN FAVOURITES" - your most liked 2024 highlights across our channels and divisions. ✈️ 🚁 🛰️ A big thank you to all our followers. 😊 You mean the world to us and we can't wait to have you on board again when we take off in 2025! See you on the other side, over and out! Airbus Aircraft Airbus Helicopters Airbus Defence and Space

The Spanish government has ordered 25 additional #Eurofighter! Known as the Halcon II programme, the order will cover the delivery of 21 latest-generation single-seat and four twin-seat Eurofighter aircraft to replace part of the F-18 fleet operated by the Ejército del Aire. These new aircraft will boost Spain’s air-power capabilities and operations, reinforce its prominent position at the heart of #NATO, and secure the programme’s industrial footprint. To the press release: https://lnkd.in/eqzwgm3D #DefenceMatters

#A400M successful flight test campaign✅ Over the past few days, the Airbus #A400M has completed a new flight-test campaign for its roll-on/roll-off firefighting prototype kit. During the campaign, 9 drops were performed, each delivering 20 tonnes of retardant and creating highly concentrated lines over 430 metres long. The goal was to enhance the kit's performance and validate its efficiency for indirect firefighting operations🚒

Successful mission for TELEO in-orbit demonstrator✅ In collaboration with CNES, this compact ‘orbital laboratory’ - hosted onboard Arabsat’s Airbus-built Badr-8 geostationary satellite - proved that massive, rapid ground to space data transfer is possible. Thanks to this demonstrator, laser communications to and from space are set to reshape the telecoms market, similar to how optical fibre transformed telecoms on ground! Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/eHdX92w7 #SpaceMatters #Satellites

OneWeb low orbit constellation extension will be Airbus-built🔧 In addition to the current fleet of Airbus-built OneWeb satellites, Airbus will also build the first batches of the extension, totalling 100 satellites. The delivery is targeted from the end of 2026, ensuring continuity and enhancement of service, as we move towards an architecture in line with the European IRIS² constellation in 2030. All of our Airbus OneWeb satellites have accumulated up to 2000 years in orbit combined. 👉Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/e9n9wTqZ #SpaceMatters

Airbus welcomes the signature of the IRIS2 contract between the European Commission, European Space Agency - ESA and the SpaceRise consortium. We are fully supportive of this vision for European space 🇪🇺 and are working hard with the SpaceRise consortium primes to deliver a solution that fulfills the EC’s requirements. #SpaceMatters #Satellites