Satellites & Earth observation
Airbus Defence and Space
European aerospace business building Galileo navigation satellites, with manufacturing and testing work across European sites.
- Satellite manufacturing
- Satellite navigation
- Spacecraft integration
- Navigation payloads
- European space programme
- Space industry
- International space
- Space companies
- Aerospace
- Satellites
Airbus Defence and Space is an aerospace business whose German company has its registered seat in Ottobrunn. The European Space Agency identifies Airbus Defence and Space in Germany as a prime contractor for Galileo Second Generation navigation satellites. This monitoring record covers that reported satellite-manufacturing activity; Airbus’s announcement lists production, integration and testing work across several European sites.
Milestones
- 26 October 2026
ESA extended the Airbus Galileo Second Generation contract for two additional satellites, increasing its contracted contribution to eight.[1][3]
Sources
Coverage of Airbus Defence and Space
Satellite navigation
Europe orders four more Galileo Second Generation satellites
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus will build two each, taking the contracted total to sixteen. ESA schedules delivery of the new spacecraft for 2031.
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