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UK MOD Awards Oberon Satellites Contract to Airbus

Will Design and Build two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Spacecraft

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Tom Patton
Feb 13, 2025
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The UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) has awarded its Oberon satellite contract to Airbus to design and build two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites with day-and-night, all-weather, space-based ‘Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance’ (ISR) capability.

"Oberon’s satellites will give the UK a much-needed sovereign capability and greatly enhance i…

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