Focus: Europe

A Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Soyuz-2-1b rocket lifted three Russian communications satellites and 19 secondary payloads to orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region at 7:20 a.m. EDT […]

Thales Alenia Space has selected Anywaves as the prime contractor to deliver payload user antennas that will be embedded into the initial set of two satellites for Omnispace’s Internet of […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Airbus to develop and build the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Mission (CRISTAL) — a contract worth approximately $350.4 million (300 million euros). […]

Iceye brought in $87 million in its Series C funding round, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) company announced Tuesday. This funding round is more than double what Iceye raised in […]

SES has opened a new full-service sports and events facility in the London area to handle downlink, decoding, processing, and recording, and services to help simplify the workflow of sports […]

Two major investment bank analysts’ put out reports Monday looking at the future prospects for SES, with some interesting comparisons to its European rival, Eutelsat. Berenberg has placed a ‘hold’ […]

Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer, who leads one of the world’s largest global satellite operator businesses, says he expects meaningful consolidation among satellite communications companies to happen soon — and that […]

Exolaunch has signed a launch agreement with German university Technische Universität Berlin for the SALSAT nanosatellite. Exolaunch is providing launch, mission management, and integration services for the Technische Universität Berlin […]

GMV Innovating Solutions Limited has acquired NSL (Nottingham Scientific Limited), a British satellite navigation and critical applications company. GMV Innovating Solutions Limited is the U.K. aerospace company under Spanish technology […]

An Arianespace Vega rocket lifted 53 satellites to orbit Wednesday evening, marking the first occasion of the launcher’s new service to address the small satellite market. The Vega rocket took […]

Eutelsat and Sky Italia have reached a deal to renew Sky’s capacity contract at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD position. The Monday announcement was light on details, but Eutelsat said the multi-year contract […]

Rocket Lab has signed a launch contract with European space technology company OHB Group for a dedicated launch on an Electron rocket. The mission will launch a communications satellite for […]

AAC Clyde Space AB, Saab AB, and Orcomm Inc. on Monday revealed the development of a next generation, space-based VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) for maritime communications. AAC Clyde Space […]

Intelsat has been selected to continue distributing content for ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and across the Asia Pacific region, the operator announced Aug. 11.  In […]

Exolaunch will provide small satellite end-to-end launch services for Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), a German launch services provider. Exolaunch will procure launch capacities from RFA. Exolaunch provides launch services, […]

KSAT is providing ground station support for a smallsat mission from a Norwegian university that is working to detect toxic algae blooms that threaten the region’s fish farm industry. This […]

It has been a busy week for global operator SES. While the company finalized launch and manufacturing agreements with the likes of Boeing, Thales Alenia Space, ULA, and SpaceX, SES […]

Globalstar Europe Satellite Services has revealed details of a key new deployment of its technology in Spain. The company announced Aug. 6 that its 550 SPOT Gen3 satellite enabled safety […]

Industry analysts from Berenberg Bank and Jefferies put European satellite operator Eutelsat under the microscope this week, issuing reports that largely praised the company for its recent acquisition of BigBlu […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) successfully placed two new satellites, Express-80 and Express-103, in geostationary orbit at 80 degrees East and 96.5 degrees East, respectively. The satellites will provide […]

On the day before most of Europe sets out on summer holiday, French satellite operator Eutelsat posted its full-year 2019-20 financial results and announced it acquired one of the continent’s […]

Primo Space, an early stage Italian venture fund focused on space startups has closed at about $68 million (58 million euros). The funds included contributions from the European Investment Fund […]

Hughes Network Systems is joining the U.K. Government and Bharti Enterprises in their acquisition of OneWeb. Hughes announced Monday that it will invest $50 million with the consortium, and continue […]

Smallspark Space Systems and Leaf Space, an Italian ground segment services provider, revealed on July 17 that they entered into an agreement to offer ground station services to the U.K. […]

U.S. Space Command reports it has evidence that Russia recently conducted an anti-satellite weapons test. In a Thursday announcement, Space Command said Russia released a new object into orbit from […]

Though it would be a challenge, it was evident that OneWeb’s project was groundbreaking. The company aimed to disrupt the space industry with its large satellite constellation – and that […]

Orange purchased all available capacity on the Eutelsat KONNECT satellite from Eutelsat Communications, which covers the entirety of France. Orange’s customers will receive high-speed fixed satellite broadband service starting in […]

Hispasat joined the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) — a global association that develops standards for mobile communications —  to work on the integration of satellites into the developing 5G […]

Arianespace has confirmed that it will launch its next three satellites on an expanded Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou at approximately 5:29 p.m. Tuesday, July […]

The UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) awarded a contract to Airbus Defense and Space worth more than £500 million ($632 million USD) to upgrade the capability of the Skynet military […]