Airbus To Build ESA Space Science Satellite

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Airbus to Build ESA's Vigil Space Weather Forecasting Mission

ESA has signed a contract with Airbus Defence ⁘ Space UK worth €340 million for the development of its Vigil satellite. From its unique vantage point in deep space, Vigil will greatly improve our early warning of severe space weather events such as solar storms that may disrupt Earth.

"Vigil will be Europe's first 24/7 operational space weather satellite, providing valuable time to protect critical infrastructure such as power grids or mobile communication networks on Earth as well as valuable satellites in Earth orbit, including the International Space Station ISS," says ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher .

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WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has awarded Airbus Defence and Space a contract to build a spacecraft that will provide a unique view of the sun.

ESA held a signing ceremony May 22 in Brussels for a contract valued at 340 million euros ($369 million) for the Vigil spacecraft. Airbus will build Vigil at its facilities at Stevenage in the United Kingdom.

Slated to launch in 2031, Vigil will operate at the Earth-sun L-5 Lagrange point, trailing the Earth by 60 degrees in its orbit. It will complement spacecraft at the L-1 point, between the Earth and the sun, by viewing regions of the sun before they rotate into view of the Earth, thus providing advance warning of solar activity.

"Data from Vigil can give us an unprecedented notice of up to four to five days for certain space weather effects traveling to Earth," said Giuseppe Mandorlo, ESA project manager for Vigil, in a statement. "From its vantage point from the 'side', Vigil can also observe much more clearly the speed, direction and chance of impact of coronal mass ejections."

"Vigil will be Europe's first 24/7 operational space weather satellite, providing valuable time to protect critical infrastructure such as power grids or mobile communication networks on Earth as well as valuable satellites in Earth orbit," said ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher in a statement. "Vigil will drastically improve both the lead time of space weather warnings as well as their level of detail from its unique vantage point in deep space."