Focus: Europe

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 […]

4IG Space and Defence (4iG SDT), the Hungarian IT and telecoms company, is on the verge of a $100 million investment in Axiom Space to become a strategic investor in […]

The UK Space Agency is funding 23 space projects that center around international space collaboration, issuing a total of 6.5 million pounds ($8.7 million) in funding from the International Bilateral […]

KPN, the Dutch telco, is the latest big name telco to partner with a satellite player. It is forming a strategic roaming partnership with OQ Technology, a 5G non-terrestrial network […]

The SpaceRise consortium leading Europe’s IRIS² constellation is kicking off the procurement process for the ground segment. The European Space Agency (ESA) published the RFI announcement this week after recently […]

Germany is planning to invest 35 billion euro ($41 billion) in space defense capabilities by 2030, Defense Minister Boris Pistoriu announced this week. In a speech in Berlin at the […]

Seraphim is the latest name in space to expand its presence in continental Europe. The company is launching a European subsidiary, Seraphim Space Europe, which will be headquartered in Berlin. […]

While hailing the importance of the IRIS² constellation, a number of prominent experts believe things need to move quicker as Europe adapts to a more contested and fragile overall space […]

Swissto12 has opened a new engineering and R&D facility in Madrid, Spain to accelerate development of satellite systems and user terminals. The company has a growing Spanish team of engineers […]

Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS) signed a launch deal with South Korean launch startup Innospace for two missions to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Innospace will launch two missions with its HANBIT launch […]

SATNUS, the joint-venture between GMV, Sener, and Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía, successfully completed the third flight test campaign in Europe’s Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS) and Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program in […]

French photonics technology startup Cailabs has raised 57 million euro ($67 million), led by financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up production of its optical ground stations.  […]

NATO is looking to make it easier for space startups in NATO nations to get their tech deployed in the field. James Appathurai, interim managing director of NATO DIANA, said […]