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 has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply next-generation modems for the Skynet satellite communications constellation. The new modems, part of the Future Protected ...

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 ...

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 ...