Focus: Europe

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 […]

Eutelsat Communications pushed back the launch of its EUTELSAT QUANTUM satellite to the third quarter of the 2021 calendar year. This is the second time the operator rescheduled the QUANTUM […]

Virgin Orbit took another step toward bringing space launch capabilities to the United Kingdom by contracting AVS Added Value Solutions UK (AVS) to build a ground operating system at the […]

Viasat has completed its purchase of Eutelsat’s share of Euro Broadband Infrastructure (EBI), the wholesale broadband services business, the company announced April 30. This purchase gives Viasat complete ownership of […]

Eutelsat’s over $500 million investment for a 24% stake in OneWeb, announced Tuesday, marks one of the major Geostationary Orbit (GEO) operators making a substantial move in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). […]

German rocket developer Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has signed a launch contracts with OHB Cosmos and LuxSpace, for dedicated missions between mid-2024 and 2025.  The deals, announced Tuesday, are for […]

SES has renewed a broadcast capacity deal in Germany. The company announced April 27 that Bayerische Medien Technik GmbH (bmt) has signed a multi-year agreement to continue using SES’s satellites […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is expanding its offerings with four new polar antennas, the company announced Monday. The first is a new 7.3 m tri-band antenna at the Inuvik Satellite […]

On Earth Day, Inmarsat announced a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to help in the area of national disasters. The satellite operator, alongside SINTEF, one of Europe’s largest […]

Isar Aerospace had signed a deal for launch services with Airbus Defence and Space, the companies announced April 22. The deal sees Airbus Defence and Space commit to one launch, […]

Airbus has completed the Final Design Review of its OneSat satellite line with customers and space agencies, the company announced on Wednesday. This was done with development support from European […]

The Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) issued a ruling Thursday that rejected a challenge by Eutelsat and Viasat against French regulator Arcep’s authorization of Inmarsat’s European Aviation […]

SES and the Luxembourg government have reached an agreement to broaden the reach of the SATMED telemedicine project through 2024. This is a program that has been in use since […]

Maritime and airborne satellite terminal provider Orbit Communications Systems received a $3.1 million order from an unnamed European integrator to deliver its OceanTRx4 Mil satellite communications systems to naval military […]

Azercosmos has signed a new capacity deal with Media Holding, a Georgian media company, the company announced April 1. Under the deal, Georgian television channels Rustavi-2, Comedy TV, and Marao […]

Telespazio Germany has won a new European Space Agency (ESA) contract, the company announced March 31. It will provide the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) preparation and operations engineering services […]

Hiber, the European satellite and communications start-up, secured 26 million euros ($30.62 million) in funding to ramp up its plans for a satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) service. The European […]