Focus: Europe

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 […]

Viasat‘s U.K. subsidiary opened a new Network Operations Center (NOC) and Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) in Aldershot, United Kingdom. The new facilities will support defense, government, and commercial organizations […]

Inmarsat is seeking an injunction against the Dutch government in a Netherlands civil court to review spectrum allocation changes it made in a recent update to the country’s National Frequency […]

U.K. space companies Orbital Launch Express (Orbex) and Skyrora signed new commercial small satellite launch contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) through its Boost! commercial space transportation services program. […]

Avanti Communications has appointed Vikas Grover as its new chief technology officer, the company announced Tuesday. Grover was previously the founding chief information officer at OneWeb, where he led global […]

Globalstar Europe Satellite Services has announced a new partnership with Perth & Kinross Council in Scotland which will see its SPOT Gen4 devices deployed in Scotland to help workers in […]

Inmarsat‘s new CEO Rajeev Suri was reappointed to the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development on Sunday. Suri will continue to be a Commissioner and powerful voice on the organization […]

Eutelsat is investing in a state-of-the-art new satellite in one of its key orbital locations at 36 degrees East. The operator announced March 22 that it has contracted Airbus to […]

Inmarsat has won a new deal with the UK Space Agency, a National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) contract to develop an in-orbit telemetry relay service for rockets called InRange. The […]

SatixFy signed a contract agreement with OneWeb to design and build an In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) terminal that will work for both the operator’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network and Geostationary (GEO) […]

SpaceX launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites early on Thursday morning as it increases the service area of its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. This week, SpaceX launched in beta […]

Septentrio, a company based in Belgium that designs GPS/GNSS positioning technology, announced that its receiver has successfully authenticated navigation data of the first OSNMA-encrypted GNSS satellite signal. OSNMA — Open […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) will pay OHB Sweden more than 32 million euros ($38 million) to build a prototype satellite that could end up evolving into a larger weather […]