Focus: Europe

Garmin announced Instinct, a watch with Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), and Europe’s Galileo satellite support, built-in 3-axis compass, and a barometric altimeter. In addition...

Deutsche Telekom, the majority shareholder of T-Mobile U.S., will launch commercial 5G operations in Germany in 2020. Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive Tim Höttges said operations will launch as long as enough...

Thales Alenia Space has won a key new contract from the European Commission (EC), the company announced October 9. The contract will see Thales develop and build an operational ground...

Sky and Space Global (SAS) has won a grant from the European Union (EU) as it looks to improve network capabilities in regions such as Africa and Latin America. SAS...

Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales and Leonardo, signed a contract with OHB System AG for the new European Space Agency (ESA) program PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations...

  Early demonstration of new quantum space technologies, through the latest collaboration between the U.K. and Singapore governments, could lead to more secure online activity for consumers in everything from...

Aviation broadband connectivity products and services provider Gogo Inc. has launched commercial service on the first two Air France aircraft outlined in its contract with the airline – an Airbus...

Ireland Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research, and Development John Halligan revealed that Ireland’s first ever satellite, Educational Irish Research Satellite-1 (EIRSAT-1 ), successfully completed the first phase of the European...

An Ariane 5 Evolution Cryotechnique Type A (ECA) rocket made history as the 100th Ariane 5 launch carried the Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 and Horizons 3e satellites into orbit from the...

Arianespace has been selected by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch Kompsat-7. Arianespace Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stephane Israël and KARI President Lim Cheol-Ho signed the Kompsat-7 launch...