Case Study: Airbus Defence and Space achieves continuous satellite telemetry availability and 20-minute VM recovery with Veeam

Airbus Defence & Space Selects Veeam to Protect Data From its Satellite Operations Center

Airbus Defence & Space’s Toulouse Satellite Operations Center (TSOC) monitors and controls a 60‑satellite fleet, storing the equivalent of over 600 years of telemetry history that’s critical for satellite health, mission support and long‑term design improvement. TSOC faced a risky backup posture—production and backups on the same storage and incomplete VM protection—creating potential downtime during sensitive operations like satellite positioning and making business continuity a top priority.

TSOC deployed Veeam (Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE) alongside a new Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure, separating backups from production and protecting 550+ VMs and 25 TB of telemetry. The integrated solution delivers incremental backups in 16 minutes, Instant VM Recovery that cut restore time from ~4 days to 20 minutes, granular restores for applications, and a more reliable platform that supports expanded operations and future Earth‑observation initiatives.

Airbus Defence and Space

Pascal Garcia

Head of Infrastructure Systems