Focus: Europe
March 26, 2024
GMV won a 78.4 million euro ($85 million) contract to lead the European Space Agency's (ESA) mission to develop a five-satellite constellation in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). The contract includes the design and development of the payloads for the constellation, the launch services, the ground-segment-as-a-service (GSaaS), the development of test user…
March 25, 2024
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is expanding across the United Kingdom, opening a new headquarters in Harwell, Oxfordshire, and regional offices in Scotland, Wales, and the Midlands. The aim is to give further support to the space sector across the United Kingdom. The UKSA made the announcement on March 25. The new headquarters at Harwell…
March 13, 2024
European satellite operator Hispasat is collaborating with Infinite Orbits on a life extension mission using Endurance, the Infinite Orbits Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite life extension service solution. Infinite Orbits will apply the life extension service to Hispasat’s GEO satellites. The companies hope the life extension mission will broaden the European space industry for European satellite…
March 12, 2024
The U.K. is launching a new Space Census as it aims to generate precise data on its space workforce and the challenges ahead as its looks to grow the space industry. This will be the second major census that the U.K. has done in this area. The national survey of space professionals is conducted by…