Airbus’ Friedrichshafen site opened a satellite integration and space technology center, known as the Integrated Technology Center (ITC). The ITC, which triples the area of clean room space to 4,200 square meters, is dedicated to building satellites, probes, space instruments, and experimental technologies. The center took two years to build at a total cost of…

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded OneWeb $20.4 million (18 million euros) of U.K. Space Agency funding to aid in the development of its next generation satellite constellation. The constellation will be comprised of approximately 650 satellites initially, and scale to more than 900 satellites over time The news comes as the first batch of 10 satellites…

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) awarded a managed connectivity services contract to SES Networks. SES aims to improve connectivity for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) services of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) provided to the European Union (EU) Member States and Agencies. These maritime surveillance activities supported by SES Networks are aimed at improving maritime security…

Avanti Communications is providing satellite broadband services to the Tolcarn Observatory, a Cornish astronomy observatory in the United Kingdom.This service will help expand the observatory's research and educational work. The Tolcarn Observatory's mission is to make astronomy accessible to all, through links with schools and the Tolcarn Astronomy Group, as well as research looking for…