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Pic legend 1: Large Hadron Collider Support Posts - 4.600 units delivered
Pic legend 2: GAIA Active Antenna
Pic legend 3: CHEOPS Satellite – ESA Mission for the detection of Exoplanets
Pic legend 4: Cylinder for ATLAS experiment
General information
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        Company nameAirbus Defence and Space SAU
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        AddressCalle Aviocar,2, Getafe, 28906 Madrid, Spain
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        Turnover175.00 million EUR in year 2024
 
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        Employees523 in year 2024
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        SMENO
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        Contact Info:
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          Phone+34914433000
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          Emailmktg-space-systems@airbus.com
 
Activity and Skills
State-of-the-art space technologies:
- Prime of complete satellite systems, with fully operational in-orbit delivery.
- Microwave instruments and Active Antenna payloads for satellites
- Thermomechanical subsystems for Satellites and Launchers, including structures for very stringent environments, reflector antennas, launcher payload adapters and multi-spacecraft dispensers
Contracts for Big Science facilities
                                    [ESA]
                    				Land Surface and Temperature Monitoring Copernicus Mission
									(2020)
                    				
			
                    [ARIANESPACE]
        				ARIANE 6 structures
									(2019)
                    				
			
                                    [ESA]
                    				JUICE structure, shielding and thermal subsystems
									(2018)
                    				
			
                    [NASA-JPL]
        				High Gain Antenna for Curiosity and Perseverance Mars Rovers
									(2018)
                    				
			
                                    [ESA]
                    				CHEOPS satellite
									(2017)
                    				
			Successfully launched in Dec 2019
                                    [F4E]
                    				Precompresssion Rings for ITER Magnet System
									(2012)
                    				
			
                                    [ESA]
                    				GAIA active antenna
									(2012)
                    				
			
                                    [CERN]
                    				Large Hadron Collider Support Posts
									(2011)
                    				
			4600 items delivered
                                    [CERN]
                    				Cylinder for the ATLAS experiment of the LHC
									(2011)
                    				
			
                                    [ESA]
                    				GAIA satellite structure
									(2010)
                    				
			
                    [ARIANESPACE]
        				ARIANE 5 structures
									(2000 - 2022)
								
			
Relevant R&D projects
                    [FP7]
                European Space Qualified Carbon Fibres and Pre-Impregnated Based Materials
        					(EUCARBON
)
													(2016)