Focus: Europe
June 17, 2021
Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have won a new contract with the Italian Ministry of Defence, the two companies announced June 16. The contract is for the development of the SICRAL 3 secure satellite communications system, including its ground segment. Covering the development of phases B and C, the contract is worth a total of…
June 16, 2021
LeoLabs will build its next space radar in the Azores islands of Portugal. The Space Situational Awareness (SSA) service company plans for the radar to be operational in the first half of 2022. The Azores islands are an autonomous region of Portugal located in the mid-Atlantic ocean. LeoLabs CEO Dan Ceperley said this investment into…
June 15, 2021
Hungarian telecommunications company 4iG is in the midst of a deal to take a majority stake in Israeli satellite operator Spacecom. 4iG is negotiating to take a majority 51% stake in Spacecom in a deal estimated to be worth $65 million through private share placement. This values the company at $2.62 per share, about 68%…
June 9, 2021
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) subsidiary Sierra Space signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Spaceport Cornwall that could lead to it acquiring an orbital return location for its Dream Chaser spaceplane at the facility's horizontal launch spaceport in the United Kingdom. Sierra Space said it recently evaluated the Spaceport Cornwall site as part of a…