Focus: Europe

Spanish company Indra Group disclosed that the SpainSat NG II satellite that launched in October was impacted by space debris during the orbit-raising process.  Indra Group, the majority partner of […]

SpaceX launched the third satellite in Italy’s Cosmo-SkyMed second generation constellation on Friday, January 2. SpaceX launched the satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. […]

Hungarian company 4iG Space and Defence has signed a definitive investment agreement with Axiom Space to invest $100 million in the commercial space station company, over two investments.  4iG SDT […]

Ovzon will provide satcom services to an undisclosed European NATO nation under a new contract announced Dec. 19 worth 240 million Swedish krona ($25.2 million). The contract includes satellite networks […]

The German Armed Forces has awarded a new joint venture between Rheinmetall and Iceye a contract to deliver an exclusive constellation, valued at approximately 1.7 billion euro ($2 billion).  Data […]

Iceye has teamed up with a major water utility company in the U.K., as it looks to improve its flood and wastewater management capabilities. It is working with Severn Trent, […]

GMV‘s subsidiaries in the U.K. and Portugal were awarded a contract under the European Space Agency’s NAVISP program to develop BEACON, an advanced beamforming antenna and receiver system designed to […]

Two European defense tech firms — Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Germany’s Helsing — plan to build a multi-sensor satellite constellation for intelligence, surveillance, and targeting (IST) capabilities.  Announcing […]

Umbra and Italian company e-GEOS have signed a multi-year strategic agreement to jointly develop geospatial intelligence solutions with the COSMO-SkyMed satellites and Umbra’s constellation.  Both entities operate synthetic aperture radar […]

The United Kingdom’s communications regulator Ofcom authorized a regulatory framework to enable the deployment of satellite direct-to-device services in mobile spectrum bands in the U.K.  Ofcom released its framework on […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is to change its name at the start of 2026. The company will be called SSC Space, with all of its operations and subsidiaries to be […]

Iceye raised 150 million euro in new funding led by General Catalyst, with the latest raise valuing the satellite company at 2.4 billion euro ($2.8 billion). The new funding announced […]

The United Kingdom (UK) and Germany are to work closer together to unlock the benefits of quantum technology in a major new science initiative between the two countries. A new […]

Hispasat has signed a new broadcast deal with a major Portuguese telco. NOS, a Portuguese telecommunications company, has inked a new multi-year DTH agreement to distribute satellite TV throughout the […]

Marble Imaging, a new German Earth Observation (EO) company, has raised 5.3 million euro ($6.1 million) in its latest seed funding round. The first Marble satellite, which will deliver very […]

As space becomes a domain of warfare, democracies across the globe will increasingly rely on commercial satellite operators and private sector space companies to wage it, a senior NATO official […]

Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile network operator, is now offering direct-to-cell services for its customers by working with SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. First announced early this year, the service is now available […]

The UK Space Agency awarded nearly 7 million pounds ($9 million) to support five projects focused on next-generation satellite technologies in the European Space Agency (ESA) ARTES program.  Awards announced […]

Two Nordic space companies, Iceye and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), signed a letter of intent this week to collaborate on sovereign space capabilities for Nordic and NATO security.  They plan […]

OQ Technology successfully sent an emergency broadcast message directly to phones through its satellite constellation in a recent demonstration.  The demonstration took place in Luxembourg, sending an emergency broadcast message […]

SEOPS has purchased a dedicated launch on an Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket, marking an expansion of its rideshare business to Europe.  The mission is targeted for launch in 2028 and […]

As Amazon’s Project Kuiper is ramping up the number of satellites in orbit, it’s also ramping up its go-to-market strategy with partners. Earlier this year, Kuiper Government Solutions signed an […]

French smallsat manufacturer U-Space raised a 24 million euro ($28 million) Series A round, with backing from the French Ministry of Armed Forces Definvest fund.  The startup has launched three […]

The growing role of satellites in defense was one of the key themes of Global MilSatCom, with leaders from the German Federal Armed Forces, Swiss Armed Forces and the European […]

Eutelsat and 4iG Space and Defence Technologies (4iG SDT) have signed a new 15-year licensing deal related to the HUGEO, the Geostationary (GEO) telecoms satellite of the Hungarian HUSAT program. […]

AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone announced plans for a new European satellite constellation on Nov. 7 to provide direct-to-device (D2D) services. The two companies announced a joint venture earlier this year […]

In the run-up to CyberSat, a key European first when it comes to a space-based cybersecurity competition has taken place in the Netherlands. This was reportedly Europe’s first in-orbit Capture-the-Flag […]

Reflex Aerospace, a German satellite manufacturer, has closed one of the largest Series A funding rounds in the European space arena to date. It closed a Series A 50 million […]

A European team involving the European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space, and Eutelsat demonstrated 5G New Radio signal handover with a OneWeb satellite.  ESA’s Connectivity & Secure Communications […]

Swedish space computing company Unibap Space Solutions announced a deal with Leonardo this week to collaborate on space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. The companies plan to conduct a […]