Focus: Europe

SES has signed a new capacity agreement with one of Europe’s biggest DTH players. It has extended its long-standing partnership with Sky through a multi-year contract renewal for satellite capacity...

Spanish launch startup PLD Space announced plans for a large reusable launch vehicle and a crew capsule on Monday.  Last October, PLD Space launched its suborbital Miura 1 rocket for...

SpaceX launched the Hera planetary defense mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday morning. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the mission to interplanetary transfer orbit, lifting off at...

Telespazio has won a new contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to help expand the space capacity of the ASI Sardinia Deep Space Antenna (SDSA). The SDSA already shares...

Finnish startup ReOrbit secured its first GEO order to build a communications satellite for Malaysian energy and tech company Uzma Berhad, in a development the company hopes will open the...

Maxar Intelligence opened a new London office this week as the headquarters for its international government business as it aims to increase its global presence.  The London office will also...

Spanish satellite IoT startup Sateliot has raised a 30 million euro ($33 million) Series B funding round, led by Global Portfolio Investments. This deal makes Global Portfolio Investments, a Spanish...

Vodafone is expanding its work with Intelsat to bring on-the-move satellite communication to organizations operating in hard-to-reach areas or disaster zones. Vodafone and Intelsat announced Monday that Vodafone is adding...

PARIS — SpaceX’s Starshield now looms large over the Earth observation (EO) market as industry players look to grow revenues in a market that has not always lived up to...

PARIS — International Space Command leaders are pushing for more cooperation in space as the domain becomes more contested. Speaking at the Space Defense and Security Summit this week in...