Space

New Delhi. Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), January 21 announced that it has been awarded a contract by the French Space Agency (CNES), in partnership with the French...

New Delhi. Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), January 14 announced the signing of a contract to supply 179 electronic units to equip 27 Ariane 6 launchers.  The contract...

Toulouse, France. Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has launched a new demonstrator called Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network). Its mission is to enable standardised global connectivity by exploring advanced 5G...

Paris, France. Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build a further 340 OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Together with the previous batch of 100 satellites procured in...

New Delhi: The third satellite part of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) constellation, owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence, built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between...

New Delhi: India’s private space sector has achieved a remarkable funding milestone, securing $150 million so far in the current financial year, the highest since the government permitted private participation in 2020. This surge, announced...

Paris: Norway’s Kongsberg and Germany’s Helsing are teaming up to provide Europe with a sovereign satellite constellation for space-based intelligence, surveillance and targeting by the end of the decade, the companies said in a...

ReOrbit, a space startup based in Helsinki, has just closed a €45 million Series A round, the largest equity raise in Finland to date. The round was led by Springvest, with participation from new...

Helsinki, Finland. ICEYE, the world leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite systems has secured new financing, led by General Catalyst with broad pan-European participation. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s...

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Orbit Communication Systems has received a new order valued at approximately $7.5 million from a leading American aircraft manufacturer and US Department of Defence supplier for the delivery of advanced...

Over the past 40 years or so the Indian space-tech ecosystem has evolved from a one where everything was bought from overseas to a one which has become self-sufficient in many related sectors. Today,...

Helsinki, Finland. ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, has successfully launched and deployed five new SAR satellites into orbit.  The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and successfully lifted off on...

Navigation is the invisible backbone of modern defence, aerospace, and civilian life. For decades, India has relied on external systems, creating vulnerabilities during critical moments. That is about to change. On November 27, 2025, in...