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EUMETSAT has unveiled the first Earth imagery from the METimage instrument aboard its newly launched Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, offering an early look at the mission's extraordinary visual clarity and scientific potential.

By the end of this year, Italy is set to open one of Europe’s largest and most advanced satellite manufacturing centres on the outskirts of Rome. A collaboration between the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Leonardo and France’s Thales, this €100 million project signals Europe’s determination to close the gap with the United States and China in satellite production and space technology.

Neuraspace has unveiled a new autonomous defence platform that promises to change how Europe protects its satellites and orbital assets. The system, called Neuraspace DEF, was presented in Lisbon and is built to respond instantly to threats ranging from cyberattacks to anti-satellite weapons.

In the first week of October, a €50 million contract was signed with Thales Alenia Space to design the SAGA (Security And cryptoGrAphic) satellite, the continent’s first quantum‑key‑distribution (QKD) mission.

Between 1 and 7 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express spacecraft turned their eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as it passed close to Mars.

A framework agreement between Italy’s Leonardo and France’s Thales and Airbus for a new European space giant will require some weeks, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. The parties are still considering some key points of the alliance and the boards of the three companies will need to discuss them, the source added.

One of Europe’s most prominent venture capitalists has warned that the continent is dangerously overdependent on SpaceX for both defense and space infrastructure, according to the Financial Times.

On November 4, 2025 at 6:03 p.m. local time (9:03 p.m. UTC, 10:03 p.m. CET), Arianespace will launch the Sentinel-1D satellite with Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Magyarország és Izrael űripari együttműködést kötött Budapesten. A világűr békés kutatását célzó megállapodás új fejezetet nyit a két ország stratégiai kapcsolatában, és lehetőséget teremt arra, hogy Magyarország részesüljön az űripar gyorsan növekvő, 2035-re 1800 milliárd dollárosra becsült piacából.

US-based Earth observation data provider Planet has announced that it will open a new manufacturing facility in Germany, where it will produce its next-generation Pelican satellites.

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) have announced they will work together on peaceful uses of space, starting with space weather monitoring and sharing space communications facilities.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colourful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud, the most massive and active star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy.