Focus: Europe

Eutelsat Communications has requested that Moody’s Investors Service withdraw all of its ratings on the company. According to Eutelsat, the decision was made in the context of ongoing cost rationalization. […]

TriSept Corporation has procured a full mission aboard an Orbex Prime launch vehicle set for 2022 from the U.K.’s first spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. TriSept is building a multiple spacecraft […]

Hispasat has contracted with Thales Alenia Space to construct the Amazonas Nexus satellite, which will replace Amazonas 2 in the 61º West orbital position, and expand its capabilities. The Spanish […]

Thales Alenia Space and Thales have signed a contract with The French defense procurement agency DGA to carry out a concept study concerning intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications using […]

Gracenote, a Nielsen company, is providing global Over-the-Top (OTT) guide offerings for on-demand video streaming services in Europe. Gracenote aims to use its experience powering linear broadcast Electronic Program Guides […]

Hispasat and the Hispatec Group, which specializes in agricultural software, revealed Friday that they have signed an agreement to promote the use of new technologies in the agricultural sector in […]

The government of Luxembourg and Canadian technology company NorthStar Earth and Space signed a letter of intent on Thursday to create a Centre of Excellence for Clean Space in Luxembourg. […]

Arianespace launched five payloads on a Soyuz rocket on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 8:54 UTC from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, including COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation and […]

Airbus has validated and demonstrated photonic satellite payload technology to Technology Readiness Level 6, the last level before prototype in orbit, through the Optima Horizon 2020 project. This proof of […]

TriSept Corporation has signed a comprehensive teaming agreement with Satellite Applications (SA) Catapult to explore missions and space access across the U.K. space industry. The TriSept and SA Catapult alliance will […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed that ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE — a European satellite and cable broadcaster operating television channels, digital Video on Demand (VoD) platforms and e-commerce brands — selected […]

General Dynamics Mission Systems installed a new GPS system onto U.S. military vehicles in Germany that allows U.S. forces to operate in an environment when GPS signals are degraded or denied. […]

The U.K. Space Agency is looking for project ideas, to be delivered through U.K. aid, that use the data collected by satellites to improve decision-making for disaster risk reduction, ocean […]

In a world where almost everything is connected to ultra-fast 5G networks, just about everyone is going to need a seat at the table where decisions about those networks are […]

Italian microsatellite ground segment company Leaf Space has reached an agreement with Pixxel to support the Earth imagery startup’s first 24 satellites, set to launch in July. Pixxel designed its […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is working with the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) in Greece to conduct a series of demonstration flights for European countries in December. Flights will base out […]

Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) was selected by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to support a combined initiative between the U.S. Department of the Navy and the U.K. Ministry of […]

Hughes Europe and Telespazio have signed a contract to boost services they offer to European customers. The companies announced the new deal Oct. 18. The agreement will enable the companies […]

Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship mission to study the Sun has completed all tests and is set to be flown to Cape Canaveral ready for its launch […]

Days after SES announced its groundbreaking deal with Microsoft, Via Satellite caught up with SES CEO Steve Collar at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2019 in Amsterdam. Collar had spoken […]

Inmarsat signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for phase two of the Iris air traffic modernization program, which will include flight trials across Europe to assess the […]

SES revealed that Over-the-Top (OTT) platform Kartina TV will be broadcasting Russian-language TV channels across Western Europe. The content, which soon will be available on a new Free-to-View (FTV) encrypted […]

The detailed definition of the design of Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher was validated at the closing meeting of the Critical Design Review (CDR) held in Paris on September 25, […]

Latin American-based Axesat and German-based CETel are combining to form AXESS Networks (AXESS), a new leading global player in the enterprise satellite communications industry. Pairing Axesat‘s commercial strategy and its presence […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) selected AdaCore, a provider of software development and verification tools, to provide a qualified multitasking solution for spacecraft software development to support multiple ongoing and […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) Business Applications and Space Solutions, under its Kick-start Activity program, awarded funding to SpaceChain UK to further develop and identify commercial use-cases for its satellite […]

Airbus won a design study from the U.K.’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) to develop the technologies for a cluster of ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for the U.K. […]

A number of airlines at the World Aviation Festival in London last week talked about an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered future. Given that airlines are a major customer for satellite operators, […]

Orbit Communications Systems revealed that that systems integrator THESTA ordered additional dual-band OceanTRx 4 systems for the PGZ Group — a contractor of naval navigation, communications, and combat systems in […]

Avanti Communications has issued a very brief update on numbers for the six months to the end of June. The company announced that its half year EBITDA was in line […]