Focus: Europe

Eutelsat Group reported 300 million euros ($335 million) in revenue in the third quarter of its 2024-25 fiscal year, down 1.9% year-over-year.  Notably, Eutelsat reported a 10% year-over-year increase in […]

Rocket Lab’s first quarter 2025 results on Thursday came with a slate of announcements — a new launch contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the upcoming Neutron […]

Iceye has made key moves in Germany and Spain as it continues to grow its presence in Europe. In Germany, it has signed an MoU with German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall […]

Planet Labs Germany, part of the Planet Group, signed government deal in Germany as the German government looks to improve its water and land management from space. Planet signed a […]

Eutelsat Group has appointed Orange France CEO Jean-François Fallacher to lead the satellite operator as CEO, replacing Eva Berneke. Eutelsat announced the change on Monday morning after a board decision […]

Revenues in the Airbus Defence and Space segment were up 11% year over-year in the first quarter, as Airbus reported Q1 2025 results on Thursday. CEO Guillaume Faury expressed support […]

Arianespace has completed its second major launch of the year and the first involving its Vega C launcher in 2025. It has launched the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer […]

French satellite service provider E-Sat signed a distribution agreement to deliver Eutelsat OneWeb broadband services in Europe, the company announced last week.  E-Sat will sell the full suite of Low-Earth […]

German-based satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace is teaming up with U.S.-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Umbra to provide SAR solutions to Europe.  Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Umbra will customize […]

Europe is scrambling to bolster its defenses. It doesn’t take a genius to see why. Geopolitical shifts are underway. There’s a war on the Eastern frontier. And the Americans say […]

The Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium (DIFI) group is planning a second European PlugFest in Germany this September to bring together companies from around the world to test the interoperability […]

Polish space company Creotech Instruments will build three Earth observation (EO) satellites for Poland under a new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) announced April 15. The contract is […]

Europe has not invested enough in sovereign space capabilities. This is one of the conclusions of a new Seraphim Space white paper released April 16. The white paper details several […]

Estonia, a country with a population of around 1.4 million people, is on the front line of Europe’s space cyber battle and one of the most advanced nations when it […]

FARNBOROUGH, UK — A greater reliance on space heightens the importance of space cybersecurity. One of the top officials in the U.K. military outlined the United Kingdom’s plans for space […]

Hughes Network Systems Ltd (Hughes Europe) is bringing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity service to enterprise customers across Europe. Using Eutelsat‘s OneWeb LEO satellite broadband services with Hughes ground […]

As it gears up for a critical first launch, Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has made a major change at the executive level. The German rocket startup appointed Dr. Indulis Kalnins […]

Reuters exclusively reported on April 4 that Eutelsat has been supplying satellite internet to Ukraine with funding from the German government.  Eutelsat has been providing the connectivity for about a […]

Space logistics company D-Orbit announced a deal on Friday to acquire Italian Earth Observation (EO) and analytics company Planetek Group to bring together in-orbit servicing and space data. D-Orbit has […]

Avanti Communications (Avanti) completed its move to a new headquarters at Spaceport Cornwall’s Space Systems Operations Facility (SSOF), in Newquay. Cornwall is fast becoming a major U.K. space hub. Avanti […]

Space Norway’s order of THOR 8 satellite last month marked a rare new Geostationary (GEO) satellite order in 2025. Coming almost a decade after THOR 7 was launched, it is […]

Thales Alenia Space has won a new contract worth 51 million euros ($55.1 million) with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to extend the operational life of […]

Isar Aerospace’s first launch over the weekend was not successful, but it marked a milestone in European spaceflight as the first instance of a commercial launch taking off from continental […]

SES has made an interesting move when it comes to quantum-secure communications. It has teamed up with Singapore-based SpeQtral to develop an interoperable optical ground station (OGS) to establish long-distance […]

Anywaves launched its first in-house production of space antennas and payloads through pilot lines, the company announced on March 27.  Anywaves, located in Toulouse, France, specializes in designing, developing, and […]

Thales Alenia Space has won a new contract as Europe looks to use satellite data to bring about a more efficient agriculture ecosystem. Thales signed a contract with the European […]

Planet Labs signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance to support the Greek National SmallSat Program, Planet announced on […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded SSC expanded satellite ground station contracts to support the Copernicus program, the company announced Wednesday.  These new contracts add SSC’s Punta Arenas Satellite Station […]

Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket, deploying five satellites for Kinéis, a French IoT constellation operator. The “High Five” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, […]

The Ariane 6 completed its first commercial mission on Tuesday, carrying the CSO-3 satellite for the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) for the Air and Space Force’s Space […]