Space
Providing essential imagery and data from space
Space matters for life on Earth
Our purpose is to improve life on Earth and beyond through our cutting-edge space technologies.
From in-orbit delivery of satellites and spacecraft equipment to the smallest electronic components, Airbus provides products and services to customers around the world.
We deliver telecommunications and navigation satellites that enable people to connect everywhere and navigate safely on Earth.
The data from Airbus-built Earth observation satellites, such as Sentinel-2 or MetOp, bring insight that helps us to better understand and protect our planet.
Airbus is contributing to space exploration with pioneering satellites such as the Earth Return Orbiter which will head to Mars, and JUICE, already on its way to Jupiter, playing a vital role in increasing our knowledge of the universe.
Airbus also enables independent access to space to European governments and commercial customers through the Ariane Group joint venture with Safran.
Earth observation
Using innovative satellites to monitor land, the seas and the atmosphere.
Telecommunications and navigation satellites
Providing reliable communications and navigation satellites and solutions.
Space exploration
Supporting scientific breakthroughs and understanding with spacecraft, Starlab and laboratories.
Space ground systems
Infrastructure to interface with Earth observation and telecommunications satellites.
Space equipment
The preferred supplier of hardware, systems and services.
Space customer support
Strong partnerships throughout customer programme lifecycles.
Highlights
Protecting against space debris
Managing space as a natural resource to be safeguarded and cleverly used.
Monitoring climate variables from space
Geospatial data is used to help fight climate change by monitoring deforestation, rising sea levels and greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.
#NextSpace
We are collaborating to discover what is next in space development to create a future that benefits everyone.
The latest Space news
In the spotlight
Stories SpaceKeeping the lights on for the lunar Gateway HALO module
The first two models of the Power Management and Distribution subsystem built by Airbus for Gateway’s HALO are now with the prime contractor Northrop Grumman in the US.
Stories SpaceInside Atlid, mastering atmospheric LiDAR technology for space
Stories SpacePreserving Madagascar’s biodiversity using satellite imagery
Stories SpaceAirbus gives companies a boost on their journey to space
Stories SpaceBehind the scenes of the first metal part to be 3D-printed aboard the ISS
