Focus: Europe

Arianespace launched the second Vega C mission of 2025 on Friday evening, with Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites and the CNES MicroCarb satellite. The VV27 mission launched from Europe’s...

SES and the Luxembourg government are investing in a second satellite for the GovSat public-private partnership to provide government connectivity services over Europe.  GovSat is a joint venture between SES...

Eutelsat has signed a new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity deal with the U.K. government’s FCDO Services and NSSL Global, after the U.K. recently increased its investment in the operator. The...

GMV is developing an advanced collision avoidance service for large-scale telecommunications constellations under a new R&D contract from the European Space Agency (ESA).  GMV announced Monday it will build on...

MDA Space will lead a new United Kingdom satellite mission called “SkyPhi,” focused on 5G direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications.  The mission is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and...

Denmark is donating European-produced satellite services to Ukraine’s defense through the European Defence Agency (EDA). Denmark is providing Ukraine with satellite receiver terminals for access to satellite-based communications, the Danish...

Spain’s Indra Group has signed a new financing agreement with the European Investment Bank worth 385 million euros ($447 million) to invest in the defense and space sector. The loan...

The United Kingdom is set to join Eutelsat Group’s capital raise with a 90 million euro ($105 million) investment, increasing the capital raise to 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 million)  This...

The UK Space Agency is starting a new 75.6 million pound ($103 million) procurement process for an active debris removal mission to remove defunct satellites from orbit. UKSA said in...

Planet announced a new 240 million euro ($283 million) multi-year deal with the German government on Tuesday for satellite imagery and analytics services, which Planet’s leadership pointed to as a...