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Beyond connectivity: elevate the passenger experience and aircraft operations
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (298+ words) Today, Airbus provides an aviation-grade connectivity installation called HBCplus offering the flexibility to connect to multiple satcom providers which can operate in low, middle or geostationary orbits. This means an aircraft satcom access is no longer tied to one single…...
The first Airbus Pl'iades Neo Next satellite will be launched early 2028
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (188+ words) Toulouse, France, 27 January 2026 " Airbus will launch its first Pl'iades Neo Next satellite early 2028 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be launched on an Avio's Vega C rocket. With the Pl'iades Neo Next programme, Airbus is…...
Airbus awarded Eutelsat contract for further 340 low Earth orbit One Web satellites
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (189+ words) Paris, France, 12 January 2026 " Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build a further 340 One Web low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Together with the previous batch of 100 satellites procured in December 2024, the total number of satellites…...