Focus: Europe

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has contracted the Airbus-developed Starling satellite monitoring service to prevent losses in its palm oil supply chain due to deforestation. Airbus will […]

Eutelsat has inked a multi-year contract with Orange Slovensko to extend its pay-TV offering across Slovakia via the Eutelsat 16A. Orange Slovensko will use the new capacity to reach households not […]

The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) officially launched operations today with the goal of promoting the further economic development of the country’s space industry by attracting businesses, developing human resources, providing […]

A ‘no-deal’ Brexit scenario would result in the United Kingdom being removed from the European Union (EU) Space Surveillance and Tracking (EUSST) program and, essentially, losing a critical space debris […]

Mexican multimedia company Grupo Televisa extended their contract with Intelsat to utilize high-throughput (HTS) Ku-band beams on Intelsat 35e for European distribution needs. The new multi-year agreement also allows Grupo Televisa […]

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat and Thales Alenia Space are jointly preparing a stratospheric balloon demonstration for 4G/5G telecom applications. Scheduled for October 2018 in southern Spain, the demonstration will test […]

Airbus is sending a new life support rack to the International Space Station (ISS). The rack, also known as the Advanced Closed Loop System (ACLS), has been developed by Airbus […]

Space communications and real-time date service provider Audacy  launched a partner program of select companies that will form its reseller network. The Audacy Alliance also named its first two confirmed members — SpaceQuest, […]

Gilat Satellite Networks signed an $18 million contract to provide ground infrastructure that Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) will use to launch a nationwide broadband network. Gilat will contribute […]

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has confirmed the successful commissioning in-orbit of the RemoveDebris spacecraft, which was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on June 20, 2018. Spacecraft operators at SSTL […]

Aireon and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) began pre-registration for their free, global Aircraft Locating and Emergency Response Tracking (ALERT) service for Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), aircraft operators, regulators, […]

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions providing video transport and mobile internet connectivity, is introducing its most powerful version of the EnGo mobile transmitter at the IBC Show in September. […]

Arianespace has scheduled the launch of the Horizons 3e and Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 satellites — the 100th flight of its Ariane 5 rocket. Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38, Azerbaijan’s second Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite, will […]

IMT Vislink, a XG Technology brand, will display new Advent satellite communication products at this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) show in Amsterdam at Stand 1.A69. IMT Vislink’s Advent satellite products […]

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) signed an agreement with Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), for the launch of NovaSAR-1, a small Synthetic Aperture Radar […]

Net Insight, a provider in streaming, media transport, and resource scheduling, revealed that MTI Teleport has built a media network for Sky Austria based on the new terabit capacity router […]

RUAG Space has signed a major new deal with emerging launch provider Rocket Lab, which will see it become Rocket Lab’s preferred supplier to provide a 15” microsatellite separation system […]

UK Business Secretary Greg Clark has taken his first visit today of the site that will be used for a spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland, the UK Space Agency announced today. […]

Airbus Defense and Space’s first  aircraft of the Zephyr program, the Zephyr S HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite), has successfully landed. After taking off July 11 in Arizona, Zephyr S logged a maiden […]

Arianespace has secured a highly important contract with one of most high profile companies in the NewSpace arena. The launch service provider announced today that it had signed a multi-launch […]

Dutch Hiber and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) are teaming up to create a state-of-the-art and reliable ground station infrastructure for Hiber’s Low Power Global Area Network (LPGAN), named Hiberband, the […]

Inmarsat, which is heavily targeting the aviation market, has released a major new market study on the IFC market looking at customer dynamics and future trends. It has unveiled findings […]

Newtec’s Dialog multiservice platform is being used by global telecommunications provider Milano Teleport to boost its services for the maritime market, Newtec confirmed yesterday. Targeting namely yachts (via the “Orbis Yacht” brand) and cruise liners (with “iSeaglobal”) which both require very high-bandwidth connectivity, especially […]

Globalstar’s SPOT satellite technology will be playing a key role in a major European sporting event, the company announced August 2. Globalstar Europe Satellite Services confirmed that the Perskindol Swiss […]

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and the National Oceanography Center (NOC) launched the first Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)- Reflectometry ocean wind data service that is global, with support from the […]

SES will provide satellite services to the European 5G Verticals Innovation Infrastructure (5G-VINNI) project to help accelerate adoption of the next-generation wireless standard. SES will support the development of end-to-end […]

This week was buzzing with rocket launches and global news. There was activity from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) launch site in South America, as well as multiple launches from […]

Arianespace successfully launched four more satellites in the Galileo constellation. The launch happened today at 8:25 a.m. GMT-3 from the Guiana Space Center. Today’s launch was the 99th mission by […]

Japanese space debris-removal company Astroscale is leading a 4 million euros ($4.69 million) grant from the U.K. government to help establish a National In-Orbit Servicing Control Facility at Satellite Applications […]

Northrop Grumman hired Nick Chaffey as chief executive for the United Kingdom and Europe, effective Aug. 28, 2018. He will play a large role supporting the company’s current programs, developing […]