Focus: Europe

Sweden has announced details to bring a next generation low-cost Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) terminal to market. A collaboration involving Satcube along with Chalmers University of Technology, Gapwaves, and Forsway Scandinavia […]

Space-based cellular broadband network AST SpaceMobile‘s U.K. business opened a new headquarters on Friday at the Space Park complex in Leicester, England. The new headquarters is part of Leicester’s $138.8 […]

Hellas Sat has successfully completed a live demonstration of 5G satellite backhauling capabilities in Greece. The demonstration was organised in partnership with KT-SAT, ST Engineering iDirect, Thales Alenia Space, and […]

Inmarsat‘s new CEO Rajeev Suri urged the space industry to achieve a “Net Zero” space sustainability equivalent and address what he called “the ever more congested Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)” during […]

QinetiQ has won a new contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver and operate a new satellite that will support technological innovation, de-risking, and concept testing for public […]

Spacecom has an extension capacity deal in Hungary worth close to $9 million. The company announced July 5 that T-Home DTH, a Direct-to-Home (DTH) provider in Hungary and a brand […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has a new director general. The Russian operator has appointed Alexey Volin as its new director general, replacing Yuri Prokhorov. RSCC announced the new […]

OneWeb is about to get more involved in the broadband space in the United Kingdom. The operator signed an MoU with BT, to explore the provision of improved digital communication […]

Fredrik Gustavsson is the new Chief Strategy Officer of Inmarsat. The company announced his appointment June 28.  Gustavsson is Inmarsat’s third executive-level appointment in three months and follows a wide-ranging […]

AXESS Networks has deployed two new ST Engineering iDirect hubs into operation, the company announced June 24. This will aim to support increased demand of several clients in the Americas and EMEA. […]

SatixFy and SWISSto12 have formed a strategic collaboration for work on advanced satellite payloads. The companies said they each offer products that are complementary to advanced digital payloads, and are […]

Commercial ground station startup Leaf Space is expanding its network and installing three additional ground stations in Sri Lanka, the Azores, and Scotland, the company announced Tuesday. The Sri Lanka […]

Satellite service provider Overon has expanded its capacity contract at Eutelsat’s 10 degrees East orbital position. This capacity will support EUMETSAT, the European agency for monitoring weather, climate, and the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Canadian technology startup SkyWatch Space Applications signed an agreement to deliver data management capabilities to Polish commercial space company SatRevolution and its 14-satellite STORK remote sensing constellation. SkyWatch’s TerraStream platform […]

Speedcast has won a new contract to support connectivity in Russia for gold mining. The company announced June 8, that it has a new contract with JSC Chukotka Mining and […]

TIM, one of Europe’s largest telcos, plans to test a satellite internet service in Italy using Eutelsat capacity, the company announced June 4. TIM will use capacity from the Eutelsat […]

SES has extended its capacity agreement with German Christian TV station Bibel TV Fondation, the satellite operator announced Monday. The new multi-year contract that secures additional capacity for the channel […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed its contracts with Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence & Space for the next generation of navigation satellites, after a European court dismissed […]

Indra and Enaire have tapped GomSpace for a 14.5 million euro project ($17.7 million) to develop three satellites as demonstration satellites for a global air traffic management constellation. GomSpace announced […]

UK-based terminal developer Isotropic Systems received an investment of more than 18.5 million euros ($22.5 million) from the UK Space Agency to co-fund the company’s activity in the European Space […]

The United Kingdom has taken a major step forward with its space ambitions as commercial spaceflight from the U.K. moves a significant step nearer. The U.K. government has confirmed that […]

OneWeb has been tapped to lead a consortium of space companies to develop a satellite that can beam hop, switching which part of the world it covers. The group has […]

Ksenia Drozdova has been appointed director general of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (IOSC), the company announced May 24. She had previously been the deputy director general for […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Telespazio to lead two consortiums to study how to provide telecommunications and navigation services for missions to […]

Hughes Network Systems‘ 4510 satellite/cellular hybrid S-band terminal is now available for customers in Europe, the satellite technology company announced Tuesday. Hughes describes the 4510 model as the global market’s […]

The first partnership has been announced under the United Kingdom-Australia Space Bridge, a program launched earlier this year by the Australian Space Agency and UK Space Agency to boost investment […]