On August 12, 2025 at 9:37 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST, on August 13), Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying […]
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Arianespace ready for Tuesday launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-SG A1 weather satellite
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite — which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package — is set for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from […]
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat to add 340 OneWeb satellites
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat says it will add another 340 of its OneWeb satellites into orbit by 2029. These 340 will be additional to the 100 craft already on order. […]
Thales Alenia Space to develop SOLiS very-high-throughput laser communications demonstrator
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the French space agency CNES, as part of the space component of the France […]
France’s ThrustMe propulsion system launches 100th in space aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission
ThrustMe, a French provider of advanced in-orbit propulsion solutions for the industrial space era, has successfully launched its 100th propulsion system into space. This milestone was achieved aboard the SpaceX […]
ThrustMe celebrates the firm’s 100th propulsion system launched into space
ThrustMe has successfully launched its 100th propulsion system into space—this milestone was achieved aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 mission that launched to space on June 23rd. The launcher carried […]
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat raises capital by €1.35bn
Eutelsat, as expected, is raising €1.35 billion in fresh capital. The French state is “anchoring” the increase, which will be in place by the end of this year. The extra […]
Forrest’s Digest: ESA wants $1.5bn for high-res satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) is expected to ask its 23 member governments to fund a new constellation of high-resolution satellites and budgeted at some €1.5 billion. This sum is […]
Europe building AI infrastructure with Nvidia
Nvidia has announced it is working with European nations, and technology and industry leaders, to build Nvidia Blackwell AI infrastructure that will strengthen digital sovereignty, support economic growth and aim to […]
Eutelsat seeks €1.5bn funding
Eutelsat has reportedly held talks with investors to raise €1.5 billion to expand its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations as it seeks better to compete with Elon Musk’s satellite-broadband […]