Omnidea has acquired several Orbex assets and plans to develop PrimeNEO, an evolution of the collapsed UK rocket company’s Prime rocket.

Nordic launch race heats up as Sweden secures 2028 orbital launch at Esrange

EU nations back military space project worth up to $27 billion, propose shared tracking data

Norway plans to invest almost €60 million to fund the construction of a second orbital launch pad at the Andøya Spaceport.

ESA announces leaders for studies on crewed European space stations

CNES plans to replace ageing launch-tracking equipment at the Guiana Space Centre with three new automated optical tracking turrets.

The UK forms No. III Space Effects Squadron to counter threats to its satellites as part of its broader efforts to develop orbital warfare capabilities.

DLR has shipped the nose cone for the Callisto reusable rocket demonstrator to CNES for integration ahead of the vehicle's initial hop tests in 2027.

Belgium's Space Applications Services has secured a ride for its LUVMI-M rover aboard a Blue Origin lunar lander mission.

ESA has awarded Rocket Factory Augsburg a €2.7 million contract extension to expand its launch and testing infrastructure at SaxaVord.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that Italy has committed $5 billion to build a lunar habitat for the agency’s Moon Base programme.

SaxaVord has abandoned plans for a shared suborbital launch rail, with HyImpulse now set to bring its own system for the launch of its second SR75 rocket.

ESA has confirmed delays to the Ariane 6 launch schedule following reports that a turbopump anomaly was discovered during ground testing.

DLR’s MAPHEUS-17 suborbital mission is slated to launch from Esrange in Sweden as early as 1 October.

ESA has awarded 18 contracts worth €20 million to study future evolutions of Europe's IRIS2 secure communications constellation.

EnduroSat’s $205 million funding round has pushed European NewSpace investment above the €1 billion mark in September.

Avio CEO Giulio Ranzo says the company is seeing an increase in customers turned away by SpaceX and looking for alternative launch options.

Avio has completed its second successful Vega C flight of 2026, deploying the Sentinel-3C and FLEX missions.

HyPrSpace has delayed the inaugural flight of its Baguette One suborbital rocket to 2027, with launch planned from a French military test site.

Avio has completed integration of its FD1 rocket demonstrator ahead of ground testing and a planned suborbital flight from Sardinia.

ESA has awarded The Exploration Company a €760 million contract under the second phase of its LEO cargo services initiative.

Eutelsat has awarded Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space and Airbus major IRIS2 contracts covering all 330 satellites of the constellation’s LEO component.

The Exploration Company has booked an Ariane 6 launch for its Nyx demonstration mission under ESA’s ALADDIN cargo programme.

The Exploration Company has booked an Ariane 6 launch for its Nyx demonstration mission under ESA’s ALADDIN cargo programme.

EU prosecutors secure convictions in Galileo fraud case

The newly published UK Space Strategy points to German-built rockets as key to ensuring the country’s access to space.

ESA opens call for plant to produce radioisotope spacecraft heaters in Europe

The Exploration Company has raised $450 million in Series C funding to accelerate development of its Nyx capsule and Storm rocket engine.

HyImpulse could attempt the second flight of its SR75 suborbital rocket from SaxaVord as early as 5 October, according to maritime and aviation notices.

Isar Aerospace has completed the first successful flight of its Spectrum rocket, deploying five CubeSats into low Earth orbit.

Isar Aerospace appears to have scrubbed a planned 4 September launch attempt hours after launch-related road closures went into effect.

Munich-based space situational awareness startup Project-S has emerged from stealth after announcing a "multi-million-euro" funding round.

Isar Aerospace could attempt the second flight of its Spectrum rocket as early as 4 September, according to new maritime safety notices.

French in-orbit manufacturing startup ArcSpace plans to demonstrate its welding technology aboard a host spacecraft in 2027.

HyImpulse has added more than €50 million to its Series A funding round as it prepares for upcoming flights of its SR75 and SL1 rockets.

PLD Space has added €108 million to its Series C funding round, bringing the total to €288 million as it prepares for the debut of its Miura 5 rocket.

SES has awarded OHB a contract worth almost €1 billion to develop and build 18 satellite platforms for Europe’s IRIS2 constellation.

HIE has bought the assets of Sutherland Spaceport Ltd following Orbex’s collapse. The future of the site is not yet known.

The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) has found itself in the middle of a deeply uncomfortable labour dispute, and it would quite like everyone to stop talking about it.

ESA has awarded €543.6 million in European Launcher Challenge contracts to Isar Aerospace, RFA, and PLD Space.