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Today, ISISPACE, TNO, SRON, and KNMI announced the construction of the Twin Anthropogenic Greenhouse gas Observers (TANGO). This is a satellite system from the European Space Agency (ESA) that measures global greenhouse gas emissions of CO₂ and methane at the source level. TANGO builds on the successful TROPOMI satellite mission.

The call for proposals for the 2025-2026 cycle of the ESA Academy Experiments programme is now open! University teams are invited to submit ideas for scientific and technical experiments. The Experiments programme offers free consultation prior to submitting an experiment proposal. Successful applicants will be supported in the design, development and operations of their experiment onboard one of the available platforms.

"Space technology is rapidly becoming an increasingly integrated element of Lithuania's broader defence and resilience strategy," says Invest Lithuania's Šarūnas Genys, who is the body's head of manufacturing sector, and defence sector expert.

The European Commission is pushing to create a massive industrial policy fund by merging up to 14 existing budget lines in its next multiannual financial framework spending plan, draft legislation seen by Euractiv shows.

The global space economy was valued at €572 billion in 2023, according to the European Space Agency, and it is estimated to reach €1.6 trillion in a decade. The main focus of the new EU Space Act is launchers and satellites, which are increasingly important for activities as diverse as communications, navigation, meteorology and renewable energy. However, Europe lags far behind the US and has spent just €12 billion in public funding on the space industry, compared with €65 billion in the US. The same applies to private investment: €980 million in the EU, compared with €3.6 billion in the US.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with the assistance of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), successfully transferred 10 advanced technologies to six Indian private industries.

RIO DE JANEIRO: The government is committed to strengthening the national aviation industry ecosystem and is ready to assist investors in achieving this goal. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stated this will be accomplished through investor-friendly policies, local talent development, and high-impact technology collaboration. According to him, this aligns with the government's aspiration to position Malaysia as a leading aerospace hub in the Asean region, boasting a highly skilled workforce and a robust, competitive industry ecosystem.

Now that European members of NATO have pledged, opens new tab to spend 5% of their national output on defence, they need some principles on how to deploy the cash. These include cutting reliance on the United States fast, integrating their fragmented industries to gain economies of scale, building a coalition that includes the United Kingdom, and pushing as much of the cost as possible off government balance sheets.

Airbus Defence and Space will roll out a new organisational setup starting 1 July 2025. This follows the conclusion of talks and agreements with employee representatives at both European and national levels. The changes were first announced in October 2024, driven by ongoing industry challenges — particularly in the Space Systems area, which faced major financial setbacks in 2023 and 2024.

European Space Agency (ESA), in a move to strengthen the reliability of satellite navigation systems, has collaborated with Leonardo to explore advanced antenna technologies and machine learning (ML) solutions. The project aims to combat growing threats such as GNSS jamming and spoofing, which can disrupt critical satellite-based positioning services.

The EUMETSAT Council has given the go-ahead to begin limited activities on the EUMETSAT Polar System – Sterna (EPS-Sterna), a new constellation of polar-orbiting microsatellites that will deliver frequent microwave observations of atmospheric temperature and humidity globally.

The US Senate recently passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes a hefty $10 billion boost for NASA’s Artemis programme — a decision that has drawn sharp criticism from Elon Musk. If Donald Trump signs the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ bill into law — now that the $10 billion has been set aside for Artemis — it will mark a major victory for legacy aerospace companies like Boeing and Northrop Grumman, who build the programme’s flagship rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). But for Musk and his private space company SpaceX, this move represents a serious setback.