Focus: Europe

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 […]

British telecommunications company Virgin Media O2 is working with Starlink to offer direct-to-cell services to its customers in a new offering called O2 Satellite.  Under the deal announced Thursday, O2 […]

Satellite manufacturer EnduroSat has raised another $100 million in funding after raising nearly $50 million earlier this year.  The funding announced Thursday of over $100 million included new investment from […]

Open Cosmos is working on a project with Japanese company Panasonic Operational Excellence Co. to advance optical inter-satellite communications.  The companies will focus on faster and more autonomous ways for […]

A new era in European space kicked off last week thanks to one of the biggest pieces of consolidation in the industry in recent history. Airbus, Leonardo and Thales signed […]

SES has inked new capacity deal with Arqiva. It is a multi-year, multi-million contract renewal for satellite capacity on SES’s prime video neighborhood of 28.2 degrees East. The two companies […]

Iceye is strengthening its position in central and Eastern Europe. It is forming a strategic partnership with EMIS, a provider of geospatial information systems in Slovakia, to expand access to […]

The European space industry is witnessing a shake-up today as one of the continent’s biggest consolidation moves is now public. Airbus, Leonardo and Thales announced Thursday that they have signed […]

European launch service provider Arianespace has appointed Maxime Verrière as its new Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. He will be responsible for structuring Arianespace’s strategy, overseeing its implementation, and leading […]

Nxgsat, a Belgian space modem company, has closed a 1.2 million euros ($1.4 million) funding round. The company’s flagship product is a high-speed, 5G satellite modem designed to enable seamless […]

Europe needs to adopt faster procurement mechanisms, invest more in emerging technologies, and have closer collaboration with non-space sectors to close an innovation gap with the global space sector, the […]

HyImpulse, one of Europe’s up and coming launch companies, has raised a further 45 million ($52.5 million) in funding, as it targets starting commercial launches as early as next year. […]

Open Cosmos will lead the Spanish component of the Atlantic Constellation, an Earth Observation initiative from Portugal and Spain. The Spanish Space Agency (AEE) and the European Space Agency (ESA) […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build a large cubesat platform for an in-orbit demonstration program that will host multiple European payloads.  Under the award from […]

Cyber is now considered a key warfighting domain and the era of cyber conflicts in space is already here. These were two of the key takeaways from two panels featuring […]

Space Norway is teaming up with Media Excel to power a next-generation encoding headend for premium video distribution. The new deployment will extend what is a long-standing relationship and enable […]

Tele2 is the latest telco to team up with a satellite player to launch a satellite-based IoT service. The Swedish telco is teaming up with Skylo to launch a new […]

French space and defense startup Dark is shuttering its operations, the team announced Oct. 8. The company was focused on developing an air-launched spacecraft for defense missions, capable of capturing […]

Orange Business is integrating Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite service into a mobile, emergency telecommunications unit called SafetyCase, Orange announced Wednesday.  SafetyCase is a compact solution can be deployed in emergency situations […]

The UK Space Command (UKSC) is developing sensors to protect critical national satellites from laser threats from adversaries.  The Ministry of Defence said that the new sensor technology under development […]

Arianespace will launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-1D satellite in early November. The satellite will be the third commercial flight for Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy-lift launcher. With this […]

Neuraspace is launching a space domain awareness tool targeted for the defense sector, called Neuraspace DEF, aimed at helping nations protect their space infrastructure. Neuraspace CEO Chiara Manfletti tells Via […]