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Airbus Defence and Space Spaceplane was a suborbital spaceplane concept for carrying space tourists, proposed by Airbus Defence and Space. A full-size mockup was officially unveiled in Paris , France, on 13 June 2007, [ 77 ] and is now on display in the Concorde hall of the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace . [ 78 ]
Airbus started this program in 2010 and has invested about €15 million by May 2015 on the reusable technology programme; scale models have been flown. [2] Ariane 6 is developed for Airbus Defence and Space, Adeline comes afterwards. [1] In 2018 an official in the CNES launcher directorate declared the concept "not financially interesting". [5]
The project is the first space tourism entry by a major aerospace contractor. It is a rocket plane with a large wingspan, straight rearwards wing and a pair of canards. [4] Propulsion is ensured by classical turbofan jet engines for the atmospheric phase [5] and a methane-oxygen rocket engine for the space tourism phase. It can carry a pilot ...
Airbus has launched a review of its defence strategy that could open the door to more strategic partnerships as Europe's arms makers juggle security threats and pressure from some investors ...
Airbus Military was a business unit of Airbus, which was part of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) from 2009 to 2013. The company was formally created in April 2009 by the integration of the former Military Transport Aircraft Division ( MTAD ) and Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada ( AMSL ) into Airbus.
The Eurostar E3000 is a generic satellite model most commonly used for commercial and military communications satellites manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium). It is a member of Airbus Defence and Space's Eurostar family.
In 2021, multiple launch arrangements for Spectrum were announced between companies, such as Airbus Defence and Space, [12] [13] EnduroSat, [14] and Astrocast. [15] In December 2021, it was announced by Isar Aerospace and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) that a total of seven small satellites would comprise the institutional payload to be ...
The Skynet contract allows Airbus Defence and Space to sell surplus bandwidth, through the Skynet partner programme, to NATO and allied governments, including the Five Eyes intelligence alliance members (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States). [4] As of 2020, seven Skynet satellites are operating, plus Anik G1.