Focus: Europe

A new European Space Agency (ESA) project to fight environmental crime and monitor illegal activities is now fully operational. The project, EO4Security, is dedicated to developing algorithms and application platforms...

Space Norway has completed its acquisition of Telenor Satellite following approval by the Norwegian parliament. The completion of the deal was announced, Jan. 4. The purchase by Space Norway gives Telenor...

SpaceX launched the Ovzon 3 satellite for Swedish satellite operator Ovzon on Wednesday evening, after many delays. Ovzon 3 is the first privately funded and developed Swedish Geostationary Orbit (GEO)...

The U.K. space industry has been boosted by a new contract award by Thales Alenia Space. The company has selected the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF), at RAL Space...

Orbex has secured another 3.3 million pounds ($4.14 million) in funding, the company announced Dec. 13. The funding is from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) as part of the European...

Europe’s meteorological satellite agency Eumetsat has awarded Spire Global a contract to provide radio occultation (RO) data. Spire will provide the data in near-real time, and it will be distributed...

Telespazio and Hughes Europe will collaborate to launch new connectivity services through Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS (K-VHTS) satellite. Hughes and Telespazio announced the partnership, Dec. 11. The collaboration between Telespazio and...

Thales Alenia Space will build an Earth observation constellation with radar and optical sensors for the Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD), under a deal announced Thursday. State-owned technology company PT...

Viasat and Airbus equipped two Irish Defence Forces C295 MSA aircraft with a Viasat terminal for managed satcom service, the companies announced this week. Airbus delivered the C295 MSA multirole...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has allocated 820,000 pounds ($1.03 million) to support the development of a new Space Technology Test Centre (STTC) in Wales. The Snowdonia Space Centre secured...