OHB wins nearly €1 billion SES contract for IRIS2 satellites
OHB will build all 18 IRIS2 medium Earth orbit satellite platforms under a contract worth almost €1 billion from SES.
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ESA signs first European Launcher Challenge contracts worth €543.6 million
ESA awarded Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and PLD Space a combined €543.6 million to fly alternatives to Ariane 6.
ESA's Draco reentry mission clears critical design review
ESA's Draco satellite, built to record its own atmospheric breakup, passed its Critical Design Review ahead of a 2027 launch.
ESA says Europe faces a launcher shortage around 2030
ESA's Aschbacher tells the Financial Times Europe's launch capacity won't meet demand by 2030, and wants developers to price expansion.
EU Commission signs deal expanding IRIS2 constellation to 348 satellites
The European Commission and SpaceRISE concluded a deal adding 66 satellites to IRIS2, taking the program to EUR15.6 billion.
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SES commits up to €1.35 billion to build IRIS2 MEO satellites
SES cleared a key IRIS² milestone and confirmed up to €1.35 billion to build 18 medium-orbit satellites for the EU program.
ESA opens tender to repurpose Gateway's Lunar Link comms module
ESA is soliciting feasibility studies to turn its Gateway-built Lunar Link payload into a standalone lunar comms satellite.
Spire partners with SATE on ESA-backed AI satellite health monitoring program
Spire and Italy's SATE will spend 18 months building AI to diagnose satellite health and failures, under an ESA-backed program.
Poland to host new ESA center as space contribution grows tenfold
Poland will host ESA's first center in an eastern-flank member state and is raising its ESA funding roughly tenfold for 2026-2028.
Eurospace: EO overtakes telecom as Europe's top space revenue segment
Eurospace's 2025 report shows European space industry sales up 23% to EUR10.9 billion, with EO overtaking telecom as the top segment.
Airbus wins ESA contract to build Aeolus-2 wind-sensing satellite
ESA and EUMETSAT contract Airbus to build a successor to the Aeolus wind-lidar satellite as an operational service.
SES and Airbus secure Noordwijk site for Eagle-1 quantum ground station
SES and Airbus signed a lease in Noordwijk, Netherlands for Eagle-1's optical ground station, per European Spaceflight.
ESA awards Thales Alenia Space €700 million contract for Sentinel-1 NG
Thales Alenia Space will build two next-generation Sentinel-1 radar satellites, with Airbus supplying the SAR instruments.