Avio Receives €90M in Orders as Democratic Party Officials Probe Company Dealings
Avio announced 17 April that it had received €90 million in new orders from MBDA Italy for boosters that will be used aboard Aster...
Pangea Ditch Rocket Development and Sign on to Provide Engines for US Launch Startup
Spanish space propulsion startup Pangea Aerospace has announced that it has entered into a partnership with New York-based launch startup Tehiru.
Tehiru is developing...
D-Orbit Signs €26-Million IRIDE Contract
Space logistics company D-Orbit announced 5 April that it has signed a €26-million contract with ESA for Italy's IRIDE Earth observation constellation.
The IRIDE constellation...
Isar Secures €155M in Series C Funding
German launch startup Isar Aerospace has secured a €155 million Series C funding round. The launch startup has now raised more than €300 million...
ESA taps Astos to develop GNC tools for microlauncher startups
German space tech company Astos Solutions has won a European Space Agency contract for the "Reconfigurable Control Design Framework for Micro-Launcher" project.
Announced on March...
ArianeGroup Invest €6M More into MaiaSpace
According to public filings, ArianeGroup invested €6 million more into MaiaSpace in late January. Filings indicate that MaiaSpace issued an additional 1.5 million shares...
Airbus to put Space Situational Awareness Startup to the Test
European aerospace and defence giant Airbus has signed a contract with French space situational awareness startup Share My Space. Under the contract, Airbus will...
Mysterious new Celestia nanosatellite production facility announced
Spanish launch and nanosatellite manufacturing startup Celestia Aerospace announced yesterday that it had entered into an agreement with the City of Sabadell and Consorci...
MaiaSpace CEO admits reusing small launchers is a challenging prospect
During an interview with French television channel B SMART, MaiaSpace CEO Yohann Leroy described the challenges of implementing reusability in a small launch vehicle....
Is Virgin Orbit a Phantom in the UK?
Virgin Orbit UK, the UK-based subsidiary of US launch vehicle operator Virgin Orbit, filled its annual accounts for 2021 on December 20. The document...
