Ovzon’s first fully owned satellite is ready to start commercial services following successful tests in geostationary orbit, the Swedish broadband operator announced July 5.

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Sentinel-2C is ready to be shipped from Germany for a two-week trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the European spaceport in French Guiana, where Europe’s latest Earth science satellite is due to launch on the final flight of the original version of the Vega rocket.

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Europe must improve how it allocates capital for the space industry to avoid missing out on the fruits of rising early-stage investments, the head of Luxembourg-based private equity firm NewSpace Capital has warned.

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Skynopy has raised $3.1 million to break into the ground satellite services market by leveraging underutilized infrastructure from constellation operators, the eight-month-old French startup announced June 24.

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Q&A with Toni Tolker-Nielsen, ESA Director of Space Transportation.

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FOSSA, a Spanish operator of tiny picosatellites, has secured funds for around 20 slightly larger cubesats to start offering full commercial connectivity services for remote monitoring and tracking devices.

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Spanish small satellite propulsion developer Ienai Space has raised 3.9 million euros ($4.2 million) to start demonstrating electrospray thrusters in low Earth orbit around the end of this year.

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Thales, Spire Global and the European Satellite Services Provider announced a memorandum of cooperation June 13 to develop a satellite constellation dedicated to air traffic surveillance.  

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As Ariane 6 and Vega C face high stakes, ESA champions space sustainability, says Josef Aschbacher, director general of ESA.

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European officials adopted a resolution to increase the competitiveness of Europe’s space industry, but members of that industry say the measure falls far short of what is needed.

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Unseen labs is investing in a new generation of 150-kilogram satellites scheduled to begin launching in 2026.

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It was hard not to notice at the conference how the ascent of SpaceX, both in launch and satellite communications, has affected Europe’s space industry and, with it, space policy.

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Europe has given Luxembourg’s OQ Technology a contract to study ways to connect unmodified smartphones from its low Earth orbit constellation, which currently provides narrowband connectivity for remote Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Grasp is moving ahead with plans to establish a 10-satellite constellation in the next four years.

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The European Commission is joining forces with the European Space Agency and Europe’s investment arm to help more space companies get financing, including from a largely untapped multi-billion-dollar fund for strategic investments.

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European space giants are putting the final touches on a proposal for a sovereign broadband constellation they say is inspired by Starlink but will not be a copy of SpaceX’s network from across the Atlantic.

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Orbit Fab and ClearSpace see opportunities to work together on mission extension, transportation and other mobility and logistics services.

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The European Investment Bank has agreed to explore the funding and advisory support needed to transform Belgium's southern region Wallonia into a space powerhouse.

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The U.S. Space Force on Dec. 8 officially activated its first component dedicated to both Europe and Africa.

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Europe has power, influence and a huge economy — so why is it lagging behind in defense?

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ArianeGroup has begun testing what it considers to be a versatile answer to numerous challenges facing European spaceflight.

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Europe needs to choose its space priorities wisely and work to boost capabilities or face suffering overreach, a leading official says.

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The U.K.’s space minister hopes to convince Europe to use OneWeb’s proposed second-generation satellites instead of pursuing a standalone constellation now that the British operator has merged with Eutelsat of France.

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The rapid growth of European space startups is reflected in Young European Enterprises Syndicate for Space (YEESS), a nonprofit formed in 2021.

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