Focus: Europe

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 […]

The Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to work together on 5G and 6G open architecture, standards-based satellite non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). The collaboration aims […]

A member of the European Parliament is calling for Europe to assess how European satcom solutions can serve as alternatives to Starlink connectivity in Ukraine.  This comes after Reuters reported […]

Global RadioData Communications (GRC) signed an agreement with Amazon’s Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) to become an authorized reseller of Kuiper communications, GRC announced on Feb. 18.  GRC, headquartered in Hereford, […]

European launch startup Isar Aerospace successfully completed static firings of both stages of its Spectrum launch vehicle in a key milestone for the company. Isar Aerospace announced the successful tests […]

Airbus logged another 300 million euros ($310 million) in charges on its Space programs in the fourth quarter 2024 after completing an in-depth technical review of its Space segment. In […]

Space Norway has ordered a new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite – THOR 8, well over a decade after it signed a contract for THOR 7. Thales Alenia Space will build […]

Orbex has won a new contract with D-Orbit for two launches aboard Orbex Prime, the company’s micro-launcher, over the course of the next three years. Orbex announced the deal, Feb. […]

Indra Group, a Spanish technology and defense company, has agreed to acquire an 89.68% stake in satellite operator Hispasat from Redeia, a Spanish infrastructure corporation, for 725 million euros ($747 […]

LONDON — The space industry needs to get serious about sustainability and not just pay lip service to it, industry leaders agreed last week at the the Royal Aeronautical Society […]