Space

The theme for DEFSAT 2026 is “Space at the Core of National Security”, reflecting the growing strategic importance of space in India’s defence and security architecture.  The event features a comprehensive agenda spanning operational...

New Delhi. Vast, the company developing next-generation space stations, has signed an order with NASA for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027...

Ahmedabad. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), announced the Satellite Bus as a Service (SBaaS) initiative through an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) in April 2025, inviting proposals from Indian Non-Governmental Entities (NGEs)...

Madrid, Spain / Brussels, Belgium. Airbus Defence and Space and  Hisdesat have agreed to prolong and expand their long-standing and successful collaboration in the international radar Earth observation market with the signing of an...

Toulouse, France. Airbus will launch its first Pléiades Neo Next satellite early 2028 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be launched on an Avio’s Vega C rocket. With the Pléiades...

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...