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ArianeGroup has commenced a new round of trials of the Prometheus rocket engine intended to help Europe close the gap in reusable launchers.

OHB has landed a €554 million ($622 million) contract for the Sentinel-3 Next-Generation Topography Satellite with an option for a second.

Canada’s MDA Space has secured a supplier position on Europe’s flagship IRIS² autonomous, secure satellite communications program.

The number of satellites burning up in the stratosphere annually has grown since a 2023 study and is expected to continue to increase.

NASA prepares to practice integrated flight operations with Blue Origin and SpaceX.

The European Space Agency has signed contracts with Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to expand its fleet of Galileo positioning, navigation and timing satellites.

The European Space Agency (ESA) says an issue discovered with an Ariane 6 turbopump that is pushing a planned 2026 launch into next year does not represent a lasting problem.

ESA prepares for a December decision on a $11.2 billion human spaceflight program that would give Europe independent astronaut launch capability by 2036.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has suffered the loss of a Space Rider test vehicle during a drop test when the parafoil failed to deploy properly.

OHB will lead a study for the European Space Agency to explore the concept of a European lunar science outpost.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon capsule safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the Los Angeles coast on Oct. 8.

ESA plans to initiate talks with member states in the coming months about evolving its space launch infrastructure and seeking funding to modernize its rocket launch capabilities.

Airbus Secures ESA Sentinel-3 Next-Generation Topography Contract

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon mission undocked from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, prepared to return its four crewmembers to Earth.

Hungarian space startup C3S will serve as prime contractor for an ESA program to develop microsatellites with greater focus on their end-of-life and on mass production.

The European Space Agency plans to use the Ariane 6 rocket as the development platform for its potential human spaceflight efforts.

Leonardo, Telespazio and iSpace have signed an agreement that could lead the Japanese lunar technology company to deploy a batch of Moon-navigation satellites.

The European Space Agency has awarded Airbus a €550 million ($619 million) contract to build the Sentinel-3 Next-Generation Topography satellite.

NorthStar Earth & Space, a startup providing sats for space situational awareness, debuted as a publicly traded company but saw its stock price lose ground.

Europe would need about a decade to develop an independent human spaceflight capability, European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher says.

The European Space Agency has awarded Airbus- and OHB-led teams studies for a potential European low-Earth-orbit station after the International Space Station retires.

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Earth observation constellations evolve as customers price outputs beyond the lowest resolution possible.

The European Space Agency is allocating funding to extend support for SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland, specifically for Rocket Factory Augsburg's RFA One launcher.

ClearSpace says it has secured European Space Agency backing to further develop its Phoenix geostationary orbit rendezvous and proximity operations technology.