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Hervé Foch: Satellite imagery – Eyes in the Sky

700 km above us, Airbus-built Pléiades satellites are taking high-resolution images of areas affected by Covid-19. This imagery is vital for a project launched by the European Space Agency ESA. It is called RACE – short for Rapid Action on COVID-19 and Earth Observation – and aims at providing information on the state of European…

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How a satellite is built.

Have you ever wondered how much work can go into building a communications satellite, including being built and tested in a Space simulating environment. Whether mapping every star in our galaxy or looking back at planet Earth, Airbus has been helping to answer big questions from space and advance space exploration for more than 50…

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Suivi du lancement du satellite militaire CSO-1 le 19 décembre 2018

Mercredi 19 décembre 2018, le lancement d’observation militaire CSO-1 (composante spatiale optique) depuis le centre spatial guyanais s’est déroulé avec succès à 18h38, heure de Paris. La mise en orbite a été suivi par Florence Parly, ministre des Armées, des autorités du ministère et du CNES, ainsi que des invités, depuis l’École militaire (Paris).

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Airbus-built Thuraya-4 telecom satellite for Space42

Space42’s Thuraya-4 telecommunications satellite, built by Airbus, will deliver superior capabilities and increase coverage across Europe, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, enabling next-generation mobility solutions for customers. Leveraging the state-of-the-art all-electric Airbus Eurostar Neo Platform, Thuraya 4 will incorporate a 12 metre antenna operating in L-Band and a payload with on-board processing. This…

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