Focus: Europe

CGI signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space to enhance and maintain security software for the Galileo satellite navigation system. Valued at approximately 14 million euros ($15.71 million), the contract will...

EchoStar Mobile, a mobile operator providing connectivity across Europe, and networking solutions provider RigNet agreed to promote and distribute EchoStar Mobile Internet Protocol (IP)-based Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) for voice and data...

Forsway, a provider of hybrid satellite routers and solutions for satellite broadband, has been awarded a co-funded development contract from the European Space Agency (ESA). The scope of the development...

Carnival Cruise Lines expanded its relationship with SES, adding the satellite-enabled video and data service provider as a Global Experience and Innovation – Select Innovation Partner. As a Select Innovation Partner,...

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) have been awarded National Space Technology Program funding to develop a stowage-efficient Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload. This new technology aims...

Airbus Defense and Space completed construction of the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (Cheops) satellite. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently gave the green light at the Qualification and Acceptance Review. Representatives from ESA,...

Sierra Wireless, a provider of integrated device-to-cloud solutions for Internet of Things (IOT) applications, revealed that its AirLink MG90 High-Performance Multi-Network Vehicle Router is certified and approved for use on the...

Arianespace successfully launched the Italian Space Agency’s Prisma satellite on a Vega rocket at 10:50 p.m. local time from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana. Prisma is the 600th satellite...

A European exoplanet-studying spacecraft has been cleared for liftoff this fall. The Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) recently passed a crucial review designed to assess the spacecraft’s readiness for flight and...

E-GEOS, a company set up by Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency, signed two contracts with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission and with the European Union (EU) Satellite...