Focus: Europe

The Babcock International Group (Babcock) has won a six-year contract to manage and operate Skynet, the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) military satellite communications system. Babcock announced the deal, Feb....

Astroscale’s U.K. subsidiary has been awarded 100,000 pounds in funding from the UK Ministry of Defence to perform a study on space-based space domain awareness. Astroscale Ltd. will lead the...

Virgin Orbit released more details about its January mission from the United Kingdom that failed, reporting that data showed there was a dislodged fuel filter.  Virgin Orbit said a fuel...

The European Commission (EC) is opening an in-depth investigation into Viasat and Inmarsat’s proposed merger, citing concern the merger would hurt competition in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market for airlines....

Kongsberg NanoAvionics recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Vilnius, Lithuania, that the company said will double its satellite production capability. NanoAvionics also aims to hire more than 100 people...

Poland-based satellite manufacturer SatRev signed a follow-on launch services agreement with Virgin Orbit for additional launches in 2023 and beyond. Under the new agreement, SatRev has the option to launch...

Hensoldt is going to partner with Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology (FHR) in the area of space surveillance radars. It is a significant partnership for the...

Gravitilab Aerospace Services, a U.K. space engineering company, has claimed a world first for microgravity research and testing. At a UAV testing site in Cornwall in the United Kingdom, the...

German media company High View signed a deal with SES to purchase additional satellite capacity on SES’s TV neighborhood at ASTRA 19.2 degrees East to add four free-to-air channels. SES said...

Isar Aerospace secured its first U.S.-based customer, signing a multi-launch agreement with rideshare provider Spaceflight, as it works toward its first test flight of its Spectrum rocket.  Isar Co-founder and...