Focus: Europe

Arianespace has revealed details on what will be its fourth Ariane 6 launch this year. On August 27, it will look to launch the second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite, MTG-I2, […]

Poland has committed 656 million euro ($748 million) to Europe’s IRIS² constellation, which will fund nearly 10% of the constellation.  Under the agreement signed Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland will fund […]

Keysight Technologies will lead a European Space Agency (ESA) development program looking at how blockchain technologies can be used to detect anomalies for 5G non-terrestrial networks (NTN).  The award announced […]

Swissto12 has concluded a Series C funding round, securing another $70 million in funding to support scaling up its manufacturing capabilities. The company reports a growth trajectory, with revenues of […]

Honeywell Aerospace will lead a consortium to develop a compact quantum space magnetometer to advance research into Earth’s magnetic field. It has teamed up with Quantum Brilliance, and Jagiellonian University […]

For many years Europe organized space around clear distinctions. Civil programs were separated from defense. Commercial companies served institutional customers. Governments developed sovereign capabilities while industry provided technology and services. […]

Telespazio Ibérica has selected Simera Sense to supply multispectral imagers for the Canary Islands satellite constellation project.  The Canary Islands are a Spanish group of islands off the coast of […]

Beyond Gravity has signed one of the biggest contracts in its history and one that cements its position as key player in the European launch supply chain. It has signed […]

Iceye is the latest big-name player to look to tap into the dynamic German space market. It has now established a German entity, based out of Berlin and Munich, appointing Philipp […]

German launcher in development Isar Aerospace secured a launch contract with Planet to launch one of Planet’s next-generation Pelican satellites, as early as late 2026.  Isar Aerospace and Planet announced […]

Vodafone Ireland has conducted a successful test call with AST SpaceMobile’s satellite constellation as part of tests for connectivity for emergency and first responders.  Vodafone Ireland reported the tests on […]

Ovzon has won a significant new defence with a European NATO country worth 74 million Swedish krona ($7.1 million). The deal comprises of Ovzon’s complete satellite communications solution, based on […]

French radio frequency (RF) detection company Unseenlabs has ordered two additional cubesats from smallsat manufacturer GomSpace. GomSpace announced the contract worth 2.2 million euro ($2.5 million) on Wednesday.  The satellites, […]

ReOrbit is launching a new OrbitCloud R&D program to create a space-based edge computing network, with initial funding from Business Finland of 4.6 million euro ($5.3 million).  The company describes […]

FOSSA, a Spanish IoT satellite company, has closed a new funding round worth 9.25 million euros ($10.5 million) to fund international expansion and global deployment of its sovereign satellite capabilities. […]

The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) is the latest utility organization looking to benefit from next generation satellite capabilities. It has signed a deal with Iceye that will […]

Vantor and German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall plan to form a joint venture to focus on sovereign space capabilities in Germany and Europe.  The two companies announced an MoU on June […]

Eutelsat has won a slew of new deals including an order under an agreement with the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans, and an agreement for Low-Earth Orbit […]

Space Forge has received a £10 million ($13.4 million) boost thanks to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) General Support Technology Programme, funded through the UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) investment in […]

Lithuania and Luxembourg are looking to forge closer ties in the area of space defense after a successful meeting between Lithuania’s Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas and Luxembourg’s Minister […]

Airbus has put together a consortium of German companies to develop a sovereign intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solution. The team announced Wednesday during the Berlin Air Show includes Rohde […]

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 […]