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The European satellite company plans to expand production and speed up the rollout of its connectivity and Earth observation offerings.
Two European spacecraft, ESA's photosynthesis mission FLEX and Copernicus satellite Sentinel-3C, are set to launch together as mission teams rehearse parallel operations.
The European firm will build and fly Europe's first commercial cargo capsule to the International Space Station under ESA's ALADDIN programme.
The chief executives of Airbus and Leonardo have urged the EU to back a merger with Thales, arguing scale is needed to compete with SpaceX.
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission successfully detached its Mercury Transfer Module on 3 September 2026, opening one of the most complex planetary arrival sequences attempted by ESA.
The European space firm's Series C brings total funding to about $680 million, backing its Nyx capsule and Storm rocket engine.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off on 30 August 2026, carrying European hardware to probe dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets.
Europe added a new geostationary weather imager on 27 August 2026, while ESA prepares to end its Cluster mission with the reentries of Samba and Tango.
Spain's PLD Space has secured €158.9 million from the European Space Agency as part of the European Launcher Challenge, capping a year of major fundraising.
The California startup plans to build 500 satellites a year by 2027 using a standardized factory model backed by Google and Salesforce Ventures.
The defense startup, founded by former SpaceX executives, secured Series C funding to mass produce affordable hypersonic weapons and a wider portfolio of strike and missile defense systems.
ESA's MTG-I1 satellite captured the Moon's shadow crossing Europe during a brief total solar eclipse over the Iberian peninsula.
The Coimbra-based startup will grow its AI-driven Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management services, backed by private investors and Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan.
The EU-backed fund managed by EQT made its first investment in Finnish SAR satellite company ICEYE, part of a round valuing the firm above €10 billion.
The European Space Agency's July roundup covered an Artemis II crew visit, a remote software upgrade for the Hera probe, launch preparations and new astronaut activity aboard the ISS.
The Series D round more than doubles K2 Space's valuation in seven months and will fund production of up to 100 large satellites per year.
The European Space Agency has released a video explaining how eclipses occur and why totality is rare, ahead of three eclipses set to cross Europe between 2026 and 2028.
Munich-based deltaVision has closed a €10.2 million round to expand production of valves and fluidic systems, with a focus on in-space refueling.
The European Space Agency's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft Plato has cleared electromagnetic compatibility testing inside ESTEC's Maxwell Test Chamber.
The six-month-old Beijing company plans to use artificial intelligence and deep learning to speed up and lower the cost of liquid rocket engine development.
The Lausanne-based satellite maker closed a €61 million ($70 million) round to expand production of small GEO and LEO systems amid rising commercial and sovereign demand.
Solar generated a record 52 TWh across Europe in June 2026, meeting a quarter of EU electricity demand, according to think tank Ember.
The European Space Agency's 2026 Space Economy Report finds government space spending in Europe rose 12% to roughly $15.4 billion, defying a global decline.
Bengaluru-based QOSMIC raised $3.33 million co-led by Accel and Prosus to build optical ground stations for the emerging orbital data economy.
