Airbus

Bartolomeo enables the hosting of external payloads in low-Earth orbit, on-board the International Space Station ISS.

Created: 2018-11-07

Updated: 2020-02-16

Category

ISS Utilization Service

Status

In development

First launch

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Application areas include (but are not limited to) Earth observation, robotics, material science or astrophysics; payloads can be hosted for institutional and private organizations alike. Airbus Defence and Space’s All-in-One Mission Service comprises all mission elements into one commercial contract (mission preparation, payload launch, payload on-orbit installation, commissioning, operation, payload data processing and delivery), in order to provide the customer a reliable integrated mission solution. The offer includes the option to return the entire payload or a selected sample to Earth.