Airbus awarded space weather spacecraft mission Vigil
Brussels 22 May 2024 – Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to design and build the space weather forecasting satellite Vigil, the first operational mission in ESA’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Space Safety Programme (S2P). The spacecraft will give vital extra warning to Earth about incoming solar storms and coronal mass […]
First Airbus built Inmarsat-6 satellite shipped to Japan ready for launch
Toulouse – The first Airbus built Inmarsat–6 , I-6 F1, satellite has been shipped from Airbus in Toulouse to Tanegashima in Japan ready for launch. The first satellite of the Inmarsat-6 series is due to be launched on an H-IIA launch vehicle built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in December. Inmarsat–6 F1 is based on Airbus’ ultra-reliable Eurostar E3000 […]