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Airborne to supply 48 panels for Galileo satellites
Airborne has been awarded a contract to manufacture 48 substrate panels for the solar arrays of 12 new Galileo FOC satellites.
23rd March 2018
Innovation in Textiles
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The Hague
To date, Airborne delivered 88 panels to Airbus DS NL, which has also been prime contractor for the solar arrays of the 22 Galileo satellites already built. Currently, 18 of these Galileo satellites are operational in orbit. The new batch of twelve satellites is planned to be launched from 2020 to 2023. The Galileo programme is funded by the European Committee and procured by ESA.
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