Focus: Europe

Arianespace’s Vega C launch on Tuesday night failed, losing two Pléiades Neo satellites for customer Airbus. This was just the second launch for Vega C, Europe’s new light-lift rocket.  Arianespace...

Arqit Quantum is canceling its plans to build quantum satellites, announcing Wednesday its software technology has progressed and it no longer needed its own in-space assets. Arqit, based in the...

Arianespace launched satellites for Europe and Intelsat in a triple-payload Ariane 5 mission on Tuesday. The mission, one of the last for the Ariane 5 rocket, launched the MTG-I1 meteorological...

Iceye’s satellite data will support maritime operations under a new contract the operator signed with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), announced Dec. 7.  EMSA is a European Union agency...

Sidus Space is planning to expand to Europe by opening a new office in the Netherlands, the company announced Thursday. The company plans to expand its reach in the European...

Mangata Networks is to create a new space engineering, manufacturing, and operations hub in Scotland, the company announced Dec. 6. The company said it will create 575 new jobs in...

OQ Technology has announced that its ‘MACSAT’ mission supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) will launch in March on a Vega-C rocket. The...

French aerospace lab ONERA ordered two nanosat platforms from NanoAvionics for its FlyLab mission. ONERA — the Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales — is self-financing the mission in order to...

Eutelsat has tasked Thales Alenia Space to build its next-generation highly flexible, software-defined satellite (SDS) called Flexsat. The two companies announced the deal Dec. 1. The new Geostationary Orbit (GEO)...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited NASA’s headquarters in Washington on Nov. 30 while in the U.S. for a state visit, and met with Vice President Kamala Harris and NASA Administrator...