UK MOD Awards Oberon Satellites Contract to Airbus

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

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…