Focus: Europe

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 […]

The U.K. government invested 20 million pounds ($24.8 million) in spaceflight company Orbex as part of its Series D fundraising to build and launch a rocket from Scotland, Orbex announced […]

Thales Alenia Space has signed a large, new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to spearhead Europe’s plans to have better and autonomous access to the Moon. The contract, […]

SpaceX launched the communications satellite SpainSat NG I on Wednesday, Jan. 29. for Hisdesat. The Falcon 9 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 8:34 p.m. ET., launching the […]

AI and space tech startup Zaitra is working to make satellites more autonomous and boost the profile of the Czech space industry, where the company is based.  Zaitra closed its […]

Arianespace signed three launch agreements for the Ariane 6 rocket between the European Commission, the European Space Agency (ESA), EUMETSAT and the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), the […]

Orange launched a new project to replace the existing satellite infrastructure of the French Wallis and Futuna Islands in the Pacific Ocean, working with SES. The Nuanua project will use […]

Viasat has a new agreement to work with the European Space Agency (ESA) on direct-to-device capabilities, and previewed that this could lead to a new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network.  Viasat […]

Thales Alenia Space and Hispasat initiated the development, manufacturing, verification and validation phase of the first QKD-GEO prototype, the companies announced Jan. 21.  The QKD-GEO mission, which stands for quantum […]

A European collaboration will launch a new cyber initiative in Estonia, a country on the front lines of cybersecurity issues. A consortium of Estonian companies, Spaceit, CybExer Technologies, CGI Estonia, […]

Companies in Northern Denmark launched a new industrial cluster aimed at strengthening the region’s space and satellite communication industry, the companies announced Jan. 22.  The cluster, Space Connect North, focuses […]

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has officially received its spaceflight operator license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as it prepares to launch from the U.K. In combination with the […]

Talos, a German based space startup signed a new four-year agreement with nonprofit the Max Planck Society to launch ICARUS 2.0, a cubesat constellation for space-based animal tracking. The partnership […]

Maxar Intelligence was awarded a $14.4M framework contract by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) for a four-year Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) Pro subscription, Maxar announced Jan. 9.  This agreement […]

Direct-to-cell connectivity is set to begin in  Ukraine this year. Kyivstar, a digital operator in Ukraine, has signed an agreement with Starlink, to introduce direct-to-cell satellite connectivity in Ukraine. The […]

A Swedish research project is kicking off in 2025 to explore integrating mobile communication and satellite communication in 6G. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) announced a grant of […]

A new consortium in the United Kingdom made up of D-Orbit, Astroscale, and ClearSpace is working to improve regulations for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO). The U.K. government’s Department for […]

Airbus and the French Space Agency CNES have completed the TELEO mission demonstrating very high throughput laser communications between Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Earth. TELEO is an optical communications payload […]

Iceye closed $65 million in extension funding, taking the company’s total raised in 2024 to $158 million. The funding round extension included participation from funds managed by Finnish sovereign wealth […]

The European Commission signed the contract on Monday for Europe’s IRIS² constellation with the group of companies tasked with delivering the constellation in the SpaceRISE consortium.  The EC Director-General for […]

Telespazio has won two new contracts worth 144 million euros ($151.3 million) to provide services to the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) and the European Commission. The […]

constellr will play a key role in Germany’s fight against climate change. It has signed a new contract with the German Space Agency DLR to provide the agency’s community in […]