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The first images from the Multi-Viewing, Multi-Channel, Multi-Polarisation Imager, presented at the 2025 EUMETSAT Conference, reveal the brand-new instrument’s exceptional ability to monitor the Earth’s atmosphere from multiple perspectives, to support improved forecasts and air pollution and climate monitoring.

Kreios Space, a Spanish SpaceTech startup headquartered in Vigo, has secured €8 million in what marks the largest European investment to date in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) satellite technology.

The director general of the European Space Agency (ESA) has urged Britain and its European partners to raise investment in space, warning that rivals are advancing defence-related programmes at speed while Europe underfunds a critical sector.

European aerospace firms Airbus, Leonardo and Thales could seal an accord this year to set up a joint satellite enterprise.

A Westminster committee has cautioned that Scotland may fall behind in the effort to host the first orbital launch from Western Europe. The Scottish Affairs Committee has urged stronger financial backing for domestic launch providers and spaceports, warning that Norway could now claim the milestone ahead of the UK.

BlackSky and Iceye are now teaming up with Aechelon Technology and Niantic Spatial experts in AI-visualisations on what we now know as Project Orbion. This project aims to develop a digital twin of the Earth using data gathered from satellites.

To reduce dependency on other regions for space operations, in August 2025, the ESA deployed its new ground-based atomic clock. It uses European-sourced materials from local supply chains to cater for the needs of the European space industry.

Space Act talks are stalling as EU states press the Commission for details and clash with Council lawyers over the legal basis

Finnish satellite manufacturer ReOrbit has closed a €45 million Series A funding round, part of which will be used to expand its manufacturing capacity.

The world order is fracturing and the European Union must turn to outer space in its search for raw materials. In short, it needs to mine the moon. So argues the European Commission in a new report on the key threats to Europe’s security and prosperity, published Tuesday.

Iran says it will orbit four satellites before the end of its current calendar year in mid-March 2026 and begin operations at its new coastal launch site in Chabahar. The plan was outlined by Hassan Salarieh, head of the Iranian Space Agency, who briefed reporters on Sunday.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic has signed a term sheet with Andøya Space in northern Norway to begin flying its Xodiac test rocket from the island spaceport in 2026.