Focus: Europe

The European Defence Agency (EDA) is going to explore the Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) region in space in a major new research project. The project, called VLEO-DEF, will design...

Sweden has moved one step closer to being and to control and launch satellites into orbit from its own territory from a national security perspective. SSC Space has signed an...

Florida-based aerospace and defense company Redwire has won a prime contract from the Belgian federal government to build the nation’s first national security satellite in collaboration with Aerospacelab, the company...

Eutelsat has terminated contracts with Russian satellite operator, RSCC for the RSCC-owned and operated Express AT1 and AT2 satellites. Eutelsat said this termination was down to the failure of RSCC’s...

German tech startup Airmo has raised €5 million (~$5.8 million) in its seed round of funding, the company announced on Thursday. Airmo markets a proprietary sensor for detecting methane leaks...

SSC Space is bringing a new optical ground station (OGS) into service at its site in Santiago, Chile. It will enable free-space laser communication between satellites and the ground, strengthening...

A long-awaited rocket launch from the U.K. has moved a significant step closer. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has delivered its first and second stages of the RFA ONE launch vehicle...

LOT Polish Airlines has started in-flight connectivity (IFC) serve on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, supplied by Viasat‘s Amara service. The Polish airline confirmed March 6 that the IFC...

Eutelsat has completed its 5 billion euro ($5.8 billion) refinancing plan with the final step of a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) bond issuance, the company announced Friday. The company...

LONDON — Virgin Galactic expects to start flying the next generation of its suborbital spaceship, the Delta Class, by the end of the year, Sir Richard Branson said this week during...