Focus: Europe

Iceye’s valuation has jumped to 10 billion euro ($12 billion) after a new funding round on Tuesday, led by General Atlantic.  Iceye raised 450 million euro ($520 million) in a […]

Two major European defense and space companies are to invest in new facilities in Germany, one of the hottest markets for space and defense. Integrasys is to open a new […]

Finnish communications company Voimatel will integrate Eutelsat’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity into its offerings to strengthen coverage in the Arctic region.   Voimatel designs and operates fixed and wireless communication networks for […]

KSAT will lead a European satellite mission called Poseidon focused on tracking pollution, under an award announced Monday. The project intends to use optical and radar-based satellite technology to improve […]

Infinite Orbits has tapped Open Cosmos to build two satellites named “Tom & Jerry” to conduct a maneuvering and inspection mission in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).  In the mission named after […]

The Polish Space Agency was established in 2014 and since then, has contributed to growth in Poland’s commercial space agency. Poland is now one of the seven largest nations contributing […]

The European Union is seeking proposals for innovative and cost-effective user terminal technologies for the IRIS² constellation under a new tender opened on Wednesday.  According to the call for proposals, […]

AMSTERDAM — One of the key questions facing the European space industry is when it will develop more efficient and reliable access to space. This issue dominated the launch panel […]

Archangel Lightworks has completed field tests of its deployable optical ground station Terra-M, transferring data between the ground station and a satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).  Archangel Lightworks, based in […]

The European Commission has decided on a process to select which entities will hold the licenses to use critical mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum in Europe. The proposal deals with […]

Iceye has delivered control over a radar satellite constellation to the Polish Armed Forces for sovereign intelligence. Iceye reported Friday that it delivered the capability in less than 12 months […]

Planet Labs Germany has won a significant new contract with a major government in Europe. The Greek government has signed a 2-year, 7-figure agreement with Planet that will include numerous […]

Spire has opened a new satellite manufacturing facility in Munich the company says has the capacity to produce up to 100 satellites per year. The facility is designed for end-to-end […]

Telespazio France will distribute multi-orbit terminals built by French terminal developer Greenerwave to the European defense market under a new agreement between the companies announced Wednesday.  Under the agreement, Telespazio […]

Swissto12 has struck a key new partnership deal in Germany which could bring exciting new media broadcast capabilities to Geostationary (GEO) satellites. It will work with German high-performance space subsystem […]

Loft is to play a key role in an ambitious next-generation Earth Observation (EO) constellation project in France. It is to partner with Magellium Artal Group after winning a multi-year […]

Skynopy has signed a new partnership deal with the French Space Agency (CNES). The partnership aims at optimizing frequency allocation for the ground stations operated by Skynopy in France. The […]

French launcher in development MaiaSpace is looking to buck industry trends and bring a new rocket to market for European launch services. At the start of the year, it won […]

GomSpace, the Danish satellite company, looks to play a key role in developing sovereign satellite capabilities in Ukraine. It has signed a deal with its Ukrainian partner Stetman which will see […]

French constellation startup Univity closed a 27 million euro ($32 million) Series A round to fund two demonstration satellites as it works toward deploying a connectivity constellation in Very Low […]

SSC Space and Kuva Space have struck a regional collaboration that aims to strengthen space-based capabilities in various areas of the space value chain in the Nordic region. SSC announced […]

Poland is the latest country to invest more in its space defense capabilities with a key new contract with some of Europe’s biggest players for a new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) […]

The European Space Agency has selected Toronto-based Kepler Communications as prime contractor for HydRON Element 3, the third part of a sovereign optical communications constellation, the company announced this week […]

EnduroSat and Shield Space have joined a strategic partnership to jointly operate space defense missions, EnduroSat said on April 8. The companies’ combined technologies could allow them to deliver on-orbit […]

Hungarian company 4iG Space and Defense Technologies has signed with Northrop Grumman to develop the nation’s first communications satellite under a deal announced Tuesday.  Northrop Grumman will build HUGEO — a […]

Russia is building up its military powers, possibly aiming to attack NATO within the next four years. Europe is responding to the threat, rushing to patch its many defense gaps, […]

SSC Space has a mission to help its customers access space — whether that’s spacecraft operations and engineering, operating the Esrange launch center in Sweden, or its global ground network. […]

On a dark, clouded night, a Russian ballistic missile submarine departs a naval base in the Arctic. A small vessel navigates the Mediterranean Sea at 15 miles per hour. A […]

Redwire has a won a new quantum-secure satellite contract in Europe. It will develop a quantum-secure satellite under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat) program, within […]

Astroscale and Exotrail will develop a satellite de-orbiting mission together. This new contract brings together Japanese and French expertise in on-orbit servicing to develop a capability for safely removing satellites […]