Focus: Europe

SSC Space and Saab are teaming up to explore potential areas of cooperation related to space and Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). These will include the use of Esrange Space Center as […]

The U.K. Government has made a major new space defense initiative by launching its first ever dedicated squadron to protect its satellites. The No. 3 Space Effects Squadron (SES) will […]

(London) U.K. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said that the U.K. government considers satellites critical to intelligence gathering and missile warnings, and that they now underpin almost a fifth of the […]

Planet officially opened its new Berlin manufacturing facility on Tuesday, marking facility handover and cleanroom fit-out. The 5,700-square-meter facility, announced last year to double Pelican satellite production capacity, is expected […]

As Europe works to move faster in its space defense capabilities, leaders at the Space and Defense & Security Summit say Ukraine accelerated a shift in institutional urgency yet challenges […]

The Architecture for Resilient and Federated ISR in Sovereign Europe (ARISE), a European sovereign intelligence consortium led by Iceye, will conduct an architecture design study for the European Space Agency […]

After achieving success on its second launch, Isar Aerospace signed a five-launch contract with rideshare provider SEOPS during World Space Business Week. This is in addition to an Isar launch […]

PARIS — Europe needs to embrace risk if it is to benefit more from next generation of space capabilities and keep its space assets secure. This was one of the […]

European satellite operator SES will utilize Elveo Mobile’s D2D technology to enable mobile roaming capabilities for European consumers, businesses, governments, institutional, and defense users under the terms of a partnership […]

European satellite manufacturer Open Cosmos raised 300 million euro (approximately $346 million) in a funding round led by European investors Lightrock, ETF Partners, Institut Català de Finances (ICF), Entrepreneurs First […]

Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) has tapped MaiaSpace, the up-and-coming French launch provider, to launch a range of SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellites starting in 2029. This is […]

Eutelsat announced major orders of satellites to support service continuity for the OneWeb constellation, and Europe’s IRIS² constellation.  Airbus Defence and Space received authorization to proceed for 229 OneWeb satellites […]

The U.K. Government has published its latest national space strategy as it looks to bring space investment and activity under one plan. The aim is to drive growth, strengthen security […]

Loft Orbital, Marlan Space, and partners are investing $1 billion to build an artificial intelligence satellite constellation to serve customers across France, Europe, the UAE, and the rest of the […]

Amazon Leo is increasing its work with Arianespace, ordering six more Ariane 64 launches to deploy its constellation.  Arianespace is a key launch provider for Amazon Leo, which has faced […]

German launch startup Isar Aerospace achieved the first successful commercial launch from Europe over the weekend, launching payloads on the second flight of its Spectrum rocket.  The mission “Onward and […]

Eutelsat is going to help to bring better connectivity to Greenland. Alongside the European Union, the government of Greenland and the government of Denmark, Eutelsat will play a key role […]

Hellas Sat and Sparkle have worked together to achieve a quantum-safe satellite connection between Greece and Cyprus. The two companies had already implemented quantum-safe protection on a terrestrial connection between […]

Hungarian tech, telecommunications, and defense company 4iG Group will launch SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile in certain European markets. The companies’ Sept. 2 announcement involved three initiatives — the current Starlink Mobile […]

Japanese satellite imagery provider Axelspace signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to provide Airbus with the company’s mid-resolution optical images. The partners plan to jointly develop and deliver […]

Open Cosmos was selected as a key provider by the U.K. government as the U.K. looks to build better sovereign connectivity architecture. It has been selected by the British Government […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected NorthStar Earth & Space to lead a study on uncontrolled atmospheric re-entry.  NorthStar’s European subsidiary will lead a consortium for ESA’s Forecasting of […]

SES awarded a contract to OHB to manufacture 18 Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for Europe’s IRIS² constellation in a deal announced Monday. OHB said the contract is worth nearly 1 […]

The Meteosat Third Generation system imaging system is now complete after Arianespace launched the second satellite on Aug. 27.  European meteorological agency EUMETSAT confirmed after the launch that the MTG-I2 […]

Swedish satellite operator Ovzon is beginning to enter the German market through two new partnerships announced this week. The company will perform an initial test implementation with a German government […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded more than 500 million euro in funding for the European Launch Challenge between PLD Space, Isar Aerospace, and Rocket Factory Augsburg. ESA also […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Edge Aerospace is scaling its manufacturing in the U.S. through a licensing agreement with Redwire under which Redwire will manufacture Edge’s data processing units (DPUs) and […]

Space Norway CEO Morten Tengs is stepping down from the role at the end of August, and the company will begin the search for a new permanent CEO. Rune Jensen […]

Marlink has made a significant move as it looks to better position itself in the European government, defense and critical infrastructure markets. It is to acquire Global RadioData Communications (GRC), […]

Network Rail, the owner and operator of Britain’s railway infrastructure, teamed up with Earth Observation (EO) analytics Catalyst (PCI Geomatics) on a 12-week pilot program that  investigated how weather-driven risks […]