Focus: Europe

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...

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is fully booked for the second test flight of its rocket set for 2024, through a program with the German government. RFA won the DLR Microlauncher...

The UK Space Agency is investing 47 million pounds ($59 million) across 12 space projects, the government announced Nov. 22. The investment will be doubled by matched funding from the...