Airbus

Builds the European Service Module for Orion in Bremen, under contract to ESA.

Founded
1970
Headquarters
Toulouse, France
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Airbus is ESA’s prime contractor for the European Service Module, which it assembles in Bremen, Germany, from parts made in ten European countries and the United States before shipping each module to Kennedy Space Center to be joined to an Orion crew module. It has six modules under contract; the first flew on Artemis I in 2022, and the fourth was shipped to Florida in late 2025.

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  1. Airbus SE Report of the Board of Directors 2025 Airbus, 2026
  2. Airbus in France Airbus
  3. Our origins Airbus
  4. European Service Module NASA