Airbus Defence and Space

One step closer to the #Moon! 🌑 #TeamAirbus can tick an important task off their list, the #ESM-3 now has its main engine✔️ The Orbital Manoeuvring System Engine (OMSE) - repurposed engine from the iconic Shuttle programme, which was successfully installed and extensively tested in the last few weeks - will power the #Orion spacecraft and bring the astronauts to the lunar gateway during the Artemis III mission! In our cleanrooms, our engineers have to be as meticulous as can be, considering each ESM requires the integration of more than 22,000 elements🧩🤯 ESM-3 is now in the final stages of construction and will be shipped over to NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center this summer. 📽️Gimbal testing to check the agility and stability of the engine

The story continues: the 2️⃣nd #C295 for India 🇮🇳 has been delivered to the Indian Air Force. Of the total 56 aircraft ordered by the Indian customer, 16 will be produced by Airbus in Seville, Spain. 🇪🇸 As part of an industrial partnership, the remaining 40 are going to be produced by TATA Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) in the C295 Final Assembly Line in Vadodara in western India. Mark your calendars 🗓️: The first ‘Make in India’ C295 is scheduled to roll out of the Vadodara plant in September 2026. #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft

Ever wondered how a satellite is tested before its launch?🛰️ Here's everything you need to know about readying a satellite for space - with #EarthCARE's Airbus project manager Max Sauer 🎬

Airbus expands its Earth observation constellation with Pléiades Neo Next! Building on the success of our existing Pléiades Neo constellation, Airbus has launched the Pléiades Neo Next programme to further enhance its satellite imagery services. This new programme will result in new satellite assets and capabilities, including enhanced native resolution. As a first step of Pléiades Neo Next, Airbus is developing and manufacturing a new satellite which will be launched in the next few years. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ejp9-7Y8 Airbus Defence and Space - Intelligence #EarthObservation #SatelliteImagery #Airbus #PléiadesNeo #PléiadesNeoNext

Taking off for the weekend 🛫 with this new delivery of an #A400M for the #Luftwaffe. That's the 45th A400M for the German Air Force but can you guess the MSN? (Tell us in the comments 👇) #Aviation #MilitaryAircraft #AvGeek #AirForce #DefenceMatters

No, this breathtaking view of Jupiter wasn't taken by an astronomical satellite or an Earth-based telescope, but by our satellite #PléiadesNeo!🛰️ The Pléiades Neo satellites are usually exclusively focused on Earth, capturing every inch of our planet in great detail. But this breathtaking image of the giant planet Jupiter - where European Space Agency - ESA's satellite JUICE 🧃 is headed to find out if life could happen elsewhere - showcases the very high resolution capabilities of our satellites.

A star is born ⭐ Did the first #A400M for Kazakhstan also make you starry-eyed 🤩 when it rolled out of the paint shop in its shiny livery? Scheduled for delivery by the end of 2024, the A400M will enable Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 to quickly respond to any mission by rapidly deploying vital capabilities over long distances and enabling effective access to remote areas. Kazakhstan will become the 9th operator of the A400M. #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft

First polarised images of Earth from climate satellite PACE!🛰️🕶️ Installed on NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration climate satellite PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem), the Airbus-built instrument SPEXone looks at our planet's atmosphere from an altitude of about 700 km! Since its launch earlier this year, PACE and the aerosol measurement and tracking instrument SPEXone, sees the polarised light reflected back from the Earth's surface, with satellite images compiled from the hundreds of orbits SPEXone has made around the Earth🌍 These images enable scientists to distinguish the size and type of small particules suspended in the air, which when combined with climate models helps to understand their impact on global warming🌡️ 📸 SPEXone measures to what extent the sunlight is being polarised ©️SRON

⚠️ Wet paint 🎨 ✅ The first #A400M for the Republic of Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop. ✈️ MSN 139 📆 delivery in 2024 2️⃣ Kazakhstan has ordered two A400M #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft #AviationIndustry

🛰️Happy 1 year anniversary, JUICE!🎉 Can you believe it's been a year already?🚀 Since its launch in 2023, the Airbus-built European Space Agency - ESA spacecraft has travelled more than 951 million kilometresers, getting closer everyday to Jupiter's three largest icy moons, in search of the possibility of life beyond Earth! 🔭 But JUICE still has a long journey ahead, it is planned to enter orbit around Ganymede in 2029, becoming the first spacecraft to study this mysterious moon up close. One year closer to Jupiter !🌌 Read how JUICE is searching for life on Jupiter’s icy moons: https://lnkd.in/eHBwNxWR #SpaceExploration #Jupiter #JUICE #ExploreFarther #DestinationJupiter #ESA