Focus: Europe

OneWeb is developing new ground infrastructure in Bulgaria, the company announced, Nov. 29. Vivacom, part of the United Group network is constructing a dedicated ground station for OneWeb in Bulgaria....

The European Commission procured five Vega C launches from Arianespace for the Copernicus program, Arianespace announced Tuesday. Arianespace will launch five Sentinel satellites for the Copernicus program from French Guiana...

The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) announced Nov. 23 that its SubOrbital Express 3 had launched the 12 payloads into suborbital space after two and a half years of preparation. Among...

The European Union is moving forward with plans for a new sovereign satellite constellation for Europe, and recently announced it will commit 2.4 billion euros to the project. This will...

Resonate Testing is offering new training program to deliver specialized training for space companies in Ireland. The industrial testing company announced Nov. 21 that it had partnered with Irish government-funded...

Spaceport Cornwall has been granted the United Kingdom’s first ever spaceport license. The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued the licence, following consent from UK Transport Secretary Mark Harper. This...

Thales Alenia Space has won a new contract from the European Commission to lead a new feasibility study for data centers in orbit, as part of the Horizon Europe research...

LONDON — Top officials from the U.K. Space Command and U.K. Strategic Command looked at how space could impact government operations going forward at Global Milsatcom in London this week....

SES has signed a new launch deal with Arianespace for its EAGLE-1 satellite, a LEO satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe. The...

German space company Rivada Space Networks issued a request for proposals to prime contractors interested in building 600 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, the associated ground systems, and providing integration for...