Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus SE providing satellites, space transportation, and space services for civil and defence customers worldwide, headquartered across Toulouse (France), Ottobrunn/Munich (Germany), and Stevenage (UK). The division's satellite portfolio includes the Eurostar Neo geostationary satellite bus, OneWeb LEO constellation spacecraft, Pleiades NEO high-resolution Earth observation satellites, Sentinel Earth observation satellites for the EU Copernicus programme, Galileo navigation satellites, Spot, Pléiades, and SSOT spacecraft, and defence intelligence satellites (HeliosSatellite, Orfeo, Cosmo-Skymed contributions). Airbus Defence and Space also develops space exploration spacecraft, rocket payload fairings, satellite components, and provides ground segment solutions, serving ESA, EU, commercial operators, and more than 30 nations.