Thursday, March 19th, 2015
March 19, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space and Arianespace have reached an agreement for the launch of EDRS-C which is the second geostationary satellite of the SpaceDataHighway system. The launch is scheduled for the first quarter in 2017. EDRS-C will increase the system capacity and provide redundancy for the SpaceDataHighway. Its orbital position will
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
March 18, 2015 — The availability of WorldDEM, the global pole-to-pole Digital Elevation Model, is continuously expanding and now extends to more than 50% of the Earth’s landmass. The 3D mapping database now covers large parts of Northern and Southern America, Western and Southern Africa, Middle East, Australia, Northern Europe and Asia. The newest additions
Friday, March 13th, 2015
March 13, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has been selected by the DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) to build the three CERES satellites, which will provide France with its first operational SIGINT capability.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
March 10, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space has installed its Street Factory 3D urban mapping solution at Rolta’sfacility in Mumbai, thereby completing its processing capacities, based on two Pixel Factory processing suites already in use.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Friedrichshafen/Ottobrunn, Feb.24, 2015 — After six months of intensive testing, the first Sentinel-2 satellite developed and built by Airbus Defence and Space for the European Space Agency (ESA) is getting ready for its mission in space.
Monday, February 16th, 2015
Feb.16, 2015- Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has been awarded a contract by SES, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, to design and develop SES-14, a highly innovative telecommunications satellite.
