Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, along with Thales Alenia Space as co-prime contractor has signed a contr...
Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, along with Thales Alenia Space as co-prime contractor has signed a contract with the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAEAF) for the development, manufacture and launch of Falcon Eye, high-performance optical Earth-observation satellite system.
The contract includes building two satellites offering very-high-resolution optical capabilities and a ground system for monitoring, receiving and processing images, as well as a training program for the engineers from the United Arab Emirates who will control and operate the satellites once in orbit.
Thales Alenia Space is in charge of the high-performance, very-high-resolution optical payload, the image data transmission subsystem, the ground image processing system, and co-engineering and validation of the overall system.
The spy satellite will be based on Airbus Defence and Space Astrobus platform.
The contract includes building two satellites offering very-high-resolution optical capabilities and a ground system for monitoring, receiving and processing images, as well as a training program for the engineers from the United Arab Emirates who will control and operate the satellites once in orbit.
Thales Alenia Space is in charge of the high-performance, very-high-resolution optical payload, the image data transmission subsystem, the ground image processing system, and co-engineering and validation of the overall system.
The spy satellite will be based on Airbus Defence and Space Astrobus platform.
