Focus: Europe

Astroscale has won a new contract in the United Kingdom worth over $2 million. Astroscale UK, a subsidiary of Astroscale, has secured a 1.95 million pound ($2.55 million) contract from […]

NATO awarded satellite operator SES its first contract for Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite services under a partnership established in 2022.  The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), announced the MEO […]

Iceye will see its persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions used in Greece thanks to a new contract win. It has signed a contract for the Greek National Satellite Space […]

Arianespace launched the final mission for the original Vega rocket on Sept. 4, launching the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite.  Vega was in service for 12 years with 20 successful flights. It […]

Telespazio will play a key role in an ambitious new space project in Italy which will see the creation of Italy’s first national center for the development of satellite navigation […]

Finnish space company ReOrbit has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase of the UKKO Mission for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) InCubed program, the company announced Monday. For […]

Spaceport Cornwall signed a new MoU with the intention of positioning the UK as a world leading location for both crewed and uncrewed flight technology. Alongside Cornwall Airport Newquay, it […]

MDA Space has selected Beyond Gravity to supply on-board computers for its Aurora satellite supply chain, including for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation. Beyond Gravity will provide 252 on-board computers with […]

Tesat opened a new production facility in Backnang, Germany, to manufacture the company’s laser terminals.  Tesat is ramping up for industrialized production of its laser terminals, which were selected to […]

A Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) engine exploded on Monday during a hot fire test at the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. Video captured by the BBC shows the rocket’s first stage […]

Astroscale has signed a significant new MoU in the United Kingdom with Airbus Defence and Space as the two companies look to explore collaborative opportunities in the field of in-orbit […]

Dcubed has closed its Series A funding round, a funding round that oversubscribed by 26%. The German space startup will use the funding to scale the current production of satellite […]

Significant charges in the Space business impacted Airbus in its second quarter financial results, as CEO Guillaume Faury detailed changes to the Space business on July 30 to deal with […]

French startup Skynopy, which hopes to make connectivity-as-a-service a commercial reality, could close a number of deals this year ahead of expectations. The company, which is led by CEO Pierre […]

Poland’s flagship air carrier LOT Polish Airlines awarded Viasat a contract to provide in-flight connectivity for 15 Boeing aircraft in its fleet. This marks the first time LOT will offer […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) awarded Orbit Fab a £1.3 million ($1.7 million) Major Project grant under their National Space Innovation Programme. This grant will fund the design of a […]

Scottish rocket manufacturer Orbex is opening a new office in London as it looks to tap into London’s financial communities. It hopes the move will also grow the U.K.’s reputation […]

In August, 2022, less than six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s David T. Burbach proposed that the conflict was the first ‘two-sided space war.’ He described […]

Astroscale secured $15 million to support the final phase of its End-of-Life by Astroscale-Multiple (ELSA-M) in-orbit demonstration. The contract from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the European Space Agency […]

The UK Space Agency announced 33 million pounds ($43 million) in funding for space projects on Monday as part of the UKSA’s National Space Innovation Programme. The funding will be […]

e-GEOS has won a new five-year contract from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which will enable better detection and measurement of ground movements from space. The contract is for the […]

Thales Alenia Space recently received contracts for space-based carbon monitoring and an in-orbit capture and inspection service, both supported by the France 2030 national investment plan.  On July 18, Thales […]

LeoLabs was selected to support the launch and operations of the United Kingdom Space Command‘s Project Tyche to deliver space tracking and monitoring and collision avoidance services. Tyche is the […]

SES has signed a new broadcast deal in Germany. It has extended its partnership with RTL Deutschland which will see SES deliver a wide range of TV channels to audiences […]

Innovative Rocket Technologies, the launch startup known as iRocket, plans to enter the U.K. market with a new member of its board of directors. Paul Stein, former chief technology officer […]

A group of Spanish banks have backed PLD Space with a 31.2 million euro ($34 million) loan to fund the company’s Miura 5 space launch program. Banco Santander and EBN […]

European venture capital firm Alpine Space Ventures closed its first fund with 170 million euros ($185 million) in capital to target space startups.  The fund is targeting Series A funding […]

Eutelsat has won a new broadcast deal in Poland, one of Eastern Europe’s biggest markets. TVN Warner Bros Discovery, the Polish subsidiary of Warner Bros Discovery, has signed a new, […]

The Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket, made its long-awaited debut in a successful launch on Tuesday, restoring Europe’s sovereign access to space launch.  Ariane 6 lifted off at 16:00 […]

Iceye will work more closely with the Ukraine Ministry of Defense amid Russia’s war in the country, signing a memorandum of cooperation to ensure the company’s imagery captured over Ukraine […]