EO & GEOINT · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-09-11

Airbus Defence and Space

Active EO & GEOINT Subsidiary HQ: Taufkirchen, Germany Founded 2014

European aerospace. OneSat reconfigurable sats, Copernicus EO, Starlab station partner, Ariane 6 co-developer.

48.8

ARI Composite

Moderate Risk

#45 of 47

Peer Rank

Defense cohort

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Total Launches

No flights tracked

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Estimated valuation

Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

48.8

ARI composite · Moderate Risk

Peer rank#45 of 47

Peer groupDefense

Data coverage53%

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RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date	Type	Amount	Counterparty	Significance
Jul 05, 2026	Contract Award	—	European Space Agency, Airbus Defence and Space	High
Jun 11, 2026	Contract Award	—	ESA, Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space	High

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SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorEO & GEOINT

Rank within sector#45 of 47

Tracked peers47

Secondary sectors

Broadband & DTC Satellite Manufacturing

RECENT COVERAGE

Date	Source	Headline
Sep 11, 2026	Payload Space	International Space Summit Highlights the Strength of Europe’s Space Ecosystem
Sep 02, 2026	BusinessWire — Satellite/Space	Axelspace Announces Partnership with Airbus Defence and Space to Deliver Satellite Imagery to a Broader Market
Aug 10, 2026	Payload Space	Europe’s IRIS2 Constellation Enters the Build Phase
Aug 03, 2026	SpaceNews	Airbus and Thales win order for SpainSat replacement
Jul 23, 2026	SpaceNews	Airbus space business takes advantage of growing demand for satellite systems

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameAirbus Defence and Space

OwnershipSubsidiary

HeadquartersTaufkirchen, Germany

CountryNL

Founded2014

CEOMichael Schoellhorn

ParentAirbus SE (AIR.PA)

AliasesAirbus Defence and Space, Airbus Space, Airbus DS, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Airbus US Space and Defense, Airbus OneWeb Satellites

Key programsStarlab (with Voyager), OneSat, Copernicus/Sentinel

Gov customersESA, European governments, NATO

IPO statusN/A — Airbus SE (AIR.PA)

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Airbus Defence & Space official sector page — confirms EO, telecom, and exploration spacecraft programs (Orion ESM, JUICE, Pleiades Neo).

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.