Europe • Startups • VC/PE

ISPTech Raises €5.5M to Scale Green Propulsion Tech

Green energy is all the rage in Europe, and the trend is beginning to reach beyond the stratosphere.

Europe • Satcom • Technology

Mynaric Demos QKD Comms With COTS Tech

German engineering just entered the quantum realm.

Europe • Satcom • VC/PE

OQ Technology Lands €25M in EIB Venture Debt Financing

Europe is driving hard on direct-to-device (D2D).

Europe • International • Satcom

Skynopy to Integrate its First Ground Station in Kenya

The award is part of the French government’s push to have its businesses help modernize telecom infrastructure in developing countries. 

Europe • Explainer

Inside Finland’s Rapid Rise as a Space Powerhouse

Finland’s space industry has a lot going for it.

EO • Europe • VC/PE

SatVu Raises £30M to Accelerate its Constellation

SatVu’s plans for the new capital are twofold: accelerating deployment of its HotSat constellation, and fulfilling demand from across the market.

Europe • Satcom

Kepler Plots European Expansion with NanoAvionics Deal

Kepler Communications and Kongsberg NanoAvionics have teamed up to put on a laser show for Europe.

Business • EO • Europe

OroraTech’s New Exec Plans to Step on the Gas

With Zuleta as a catalyst, OroraTech aims to grow to a few hundred sats in the coming years, with the aim of providing worldwide coverage, 15-minute revisit rates, and resolution as low as 50 m.

Europe • Launch

Orbex’s Troubles Open Opportunities for Skyrora 

It seems Scotland’s two launch startups—Orbex and Skyrora—are playing by Highlander rules: There can only be one.

Europe • Launch

The First Flight of Ariane 64 Reaches Orbit

Europe just pulled off its biggest mission to date.

Europe • Moon • Startups • Technology

Deep Space Energy Pockets €980K to Build European Space Nuclear Power

The Latvian nuclear power startup is working on a solution for lunar missions hoping to survive the lunar night—a harsh, cold stretch of darkness lasting 14 Earth days that’s a death sentence for solar powered missions.

Europe • ISAM

UK to Invest Nearly £1M In In-Orbit Manufacturing

UKSA awarded contracts to three companies worth a combined $1.1M+ to advance in-orbit manufacturing.

Europe • Technology

ReOrbit and Google Cloud Kick Start “Space Cloud” Data Network

ReOrbit isn’t waiting around for the space industry to finish debating the viability of data centers in orbit.