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As a ground-breaking initiative, the new EU Space Act aims to create a new framework for space safety, sustainability and resilience, and promote investment in the sector. The result will be a whole new regime for space in Europe.

The French space agency CNES has signed a €31 million contract with Paris-based startup UNIVITY and telecommunications and broadcasting giant TDF to conduct an in-orbit demonstration of satellite-enabled 5G connectivity.

Bilbao-headquartered IDOM ADA partnered with H&Z Management Consulting to create a strategic roadmap that guides the company’s growth in the space sector.

India unveiled a fully indigenous 32-bit microprocessor - 'Vikram', that has been developed by, and for, the Indian Space Research Organisation - at a semiconductor industry event in Delhi.

The SpaceRISE consortium—made up of Eutelsat, Hispasat, and SES—announced that it had narrowed the field of potential prime contractors to build its 290-satellite IRIS2 secure satcom constellation to two companies: Airbus France, and Aerospacelab in Belgium.

The European Commission has launched a call for studies to examine the potential of a mobile responsive launch system, a capability that would enable the rapid deployment of satellites into orbit from non-permanent (mobile) ground platforms.

Less than three weeks since the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched, this remarkable new satellite has already started transmitting data from two of its cutting-edge instruments, offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come.

KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Deep in the Swedish forest, where reindeer roam and scientists ski in winter, lies one of Europe’s hopes for a spaceport that can ultimately compete with the United States, China and Russia.

Andøya Space and Rheinmetall Nordic have signed a letter of intent (LOI) in order to enhance mutual commercial capabilities for civil and military space operations, the two companies announced on 1 September 2025.

The European Space Agency has awarded launch service contracts to Avio and Isar Aerospace under its Flight Ticket Initiative. Announced in October 2023, the Flight Ticket Initiative is a programme run jointly by ESA and the European Union that offers subsidised flight opportunities for European companies and organisations seeking to demonstrate new satellite technologies in orbit.

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly that temporarily severed contact with Earth.

Europe is racing to fill a gap in defense and space capabilities. Space startups have seen a spike in demand and say they are ready to fill the gap, while calling for Europe to rethink its procurement mechanisms and preference for traditional primes.