Focus: Europe

Growth in aviation and defense pushed SES’s Networks segment 6% revenue growth in the third quarter on a like-for-like (LFL) basis, as overall revenue grew by a modest 4.2% year-over-year.  […]

SES landed two new customers for its multi-orbit in-flight connectivity service with Finnair and Air Astana.  Finland’s flagship airline Finnair will adopt SES’s IFC solution on 18 new Embraer E195-E2 […]

Hydrosat is launching a new thermal imaging product geared toward tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) use cases as it plans to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Europe to support […]

Canadian manufacturer MDA Space will supply digital antenna subsystems for 66 IRIS² Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, under a new contract with Thales Alenia Space announced Friday.  MDA will provide its […]

Eutelsat’s revenue from the OneWeb constellation grew by 30% year-over-year in the first quarter of its fiscal year, despite lower terminal sales during the quarter.  The operator set a bold […]

European nations are focusing on resilience, sovereignty, and assurance in developing their space capabilities, experts from commercial and government space said yesterday during the Defence in Space event in London. […]

The UK MoD has tapped Astroscale to be prime contractor for LEDA, a new defence program that builds on the company’s experience developing capabilities to understand, protect and operate in […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded contracts this week to both Airbus and Thales Alenia Space contracts to build two additional Galileo satellites each to enhance the Galileo navigation system.  […]

British low-cost airline EasyJet is adopting in-flight connectivity (IFC) for the first time with a deal to roll out SpaceX‘s Starlink across its modern Airbus fleet.  EasyJet announced Monday that […]

Ukrainian space companies will be able to participate in NATO contracts, and help shape its defense and industrial requirements thanks to a major new partnership. Ukraine has joined the NATO […]

Iceye and Nokia are looking to develop a satcom capability for Ukraine, under a new letter of intent with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, announced Thursday.  Earlier this month, […]

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) National Armaments Director Group (NAD) has tapped CGI to provide technical and project support services for the PICASSO programme. PICASSO is a strategic program […]

Eutelsat has made an interesting deal in the European Critical Infrastructure (CI) space. It has signed an expanded capacity deal with EuroSkyPark, a German specialist in secure communications for critical […]

Nvidia is making a minority investment into German satellite manufacturing startup Reflex Aerospace, announced this week during the Invest in Germany Summit. Reflex said the investment will help expand production […]

Four of Europe’s top mobile network operators confirmed they are working together on a plan for mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum in Europe, announcing a letter of intent on Monday.  […]

As Europe plans to reserve a portion of its mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum authorization for European operators, a European think tank argues it should go further and maximize European […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is tapping ClearSpace for a major debris removal mission. ClearSpace will be the prime contractor to deliver the U.K.’s first nationally commissioned active debris removal […]

European industrial and defense group CSG is now the largest shareholder in Canadian satellite manufacturer MDA Space after making an investment to hold 9.5% equity in the company. The investment, […]

ispace-Europe and Aerospace Logistics Technology Engineering Company (ALTEC) are set to collaborate on lunar rover testing, mission simulations, and operations training in a new pan-European partnership. ispace-Europe and ALTEC will […]

Astrolight has reached a key technology milestone as it looks to bring laser communications more into the satellite mainstream. For the first time, it established end-to-end optical communication links from […]

Golbriak Space, an Estonian space laser communications company, has raised 4 million euro ($4.5 million) in seed funding. This was co-led by Join Capital and PhontonVentures with participation from Takeoff […]

The last year in space has garnered unprecedented new interest from the who’s who of international finance, smashing funding records for individual companies and marketwide as Silicon Valley has learned […]

As Russia begins deploying its military RASSVET constellation, internal political fractures and slow-moving bureaucracy are leaving Europe completely reliant on the U.S. for security in orbit. And things won’t change […]

What role can Poland play in the European and global space market? Does its space sector have the capabilities to become a partner not only supplying technologies and subsystems, but […]

The proposed EU Space Act could become one of the most important developments in Europe’s space economy. For the first time, it would establish EU-wide rules on the safety, resilience […]

In this new era of space defence, Germany has been making a lot of headlines as it looks to ramp up its capabilities. Germany’s security also came into a sharp […]

Open Cosmos’ is targeting 192 satellites for its ConnectedCosmos Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). The company is building toward more than 96 satellites in orbit by the end of 2028, putting it […]

German launcher in development Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has made another change to its CEO leadership, after naming a new CEO last year.  RFA has appointed Alexander Dahm, COO of […]

Bjørn Erik Reinseth is the new Chair of Space Norway. He is the CEO of Forskningsparken – Oslo Science Park, and brings extensive leadership experience from the telecommunications, investment, technology […]

Satellite mobile connectivity is coming to Kazakhstan thanks to a partnership between Beeline Kazakhstan and Starlink Mobile. The introduction of Starlink Mobile is the result of agreements reached during Kazakhstan’s […]