CNES Awards Contract to French Spaceplane Startup
French spaceplane startup AndroMach announced on 15 May that it had received a CNES contract to begin testing an early prototype of its Banger...
MaiaSpace Selects Łukasiewicz–ILOT to Develop Kick-Stage Engine
French launch startup MaiaSpace has selected the Łukasiewicz Research Network’s Institute of Aviation to develop the engine that will power its Colibri kick stage.
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Spain Approves €1 Billion Loan to Hisdesat for PAZ 2 Satellites
Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a loan agreement under which national satellite operator Hisdesat will receive €1.011 billion over eight years to develop...
Poland Green Lights €52M Earth Observation Constellation
The European Space Agency, on behalf of the Polish Government, has awarded a €52 million contract to Creotech Instruments for the development and launch...
ALTEC Receives €61M Contract to Support ESA Space Station Activities
The European Space Agency has awarded Italy's ALTEC a €61 million contract to provide training, logistics, and operations support services for the International Space...
PLD Space to Launch D-Orbit Missions Aboard Miura 5
Italian in-space logistics company D-Orbit has signed an agreement with Spain’s PLD Space to launch as-yet-undefined payloads aboard the company’s Miura 5 rocket.
PLD Space...
NanoAvionics Wins €122.5M Contract to Build 282-Satellite Constellation
US-based SpinLaunch has awarded a €122.5 million contract to Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build the first 282 satellites for the company's Meridian Space communications constellation.
Meridian...
ESA LEO Cargo Return Phase 2 to Proceed Without Geo-Return Constraints
ESA anticipates that Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Service initiative will proceed without geo-return requirements for awardees.
The LEO Cargo Return Service initiative...
NATO Contracts ICEYE to Provide Earth Observation Data
NATO has awarded a contract to Finnish Earth observation company ICEYE to supply Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to its Situation Centre in Brussels.
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ESA Taps Spaceo-Led Consortium to Test Inflatable Satellite Deorbit System
A consortium led by Portuguese start-up Spaceo has won a European Space Agency contract to test an inflatable drag sail designed to deorbit small...














