Airbus has been selected to provide post-design services for the Skynet programme that will help to support the transition from Skynet 5 (pictured) to Skynet 6. (Airbus) Airbus has been awarded the ...

Airbus will provide post-design services for Skynet 5 as it nears the end of life and the UK heads towards the next generation Skynet 6A satellites. Airbus has been awarded the Skynet Design Support ...

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The fourth Astrium built Skynet 5 satellite is on target and ready for launch on 19 December from Kourou, French Guiana on an Ariane 5 launcher. Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, is prime ...

The seventh launch of the year for an Ariane 5 rocket A powerful new telecommunications satellite for the UK military has blasted into orbit. The five-tonne Skynet-5D platform was sent up on an Ariane ...

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The launch of the third and final satellite in the UK's next-generation military space communications ...

A powerful new telecommunications satellite for the UK military has blasted into orbit. The five-tonne Skynet-5D platform was sent up on an Ariane rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. It ...