ESA and Spain sign agreement to advance Europe’s secure connectivity future
20 May 2026
ESA and the Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to strengthen cooperation on Europe’s future secure connectivity infrastructure. The agreement…
ESA supports new Optical Ground Station in Greece to advance Europe’s secure space connectivity
18 May 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA), together with the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance, has supported the development and commissioning of the Holomondas Optical Ground Station…
Final in-orbit-demonstrators launched to validate direct to Earth optical links in close out of ESA-implemented Greek Connectivity Programme
04 May 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA) has supported the launch of two satellites in the Hellenic Space Dawn mission, the final CubeSat mission in the Greek…
Study: What would happen to ESA Member States if satellite communications disappeared for seven days?
30 Apr 2026
To capture the scale of Europe and Canada’s reliance on satellite communications and their positive contributions, London Economics’ study estimates the cost of satcom’s absence.…
ESA chooses Kepler to build satellite for in-orbit interoperability demonstration of three ‘made-in-Europe’ optical communications terminals and space situational awareness camera
15 Apr 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Canada-based Kepler Communications Inc. as prime contractor to build its demonstration satellite for multi-orbit, secure, real-time optical…
ESA’s quantum satellite to be built by Redwire to advance ultra-secure communications for Europe
02 Apr 2026
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat) spacecraft will be provided by Redwire, in Belgium, to accelerate the development of ultra-secure communication…
Launch success! Three more European satellites launch on Transporter-16 with support from ESA’s Pioneer Partnership Projects
31 Mar 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA) has supported the launch of two CubeSat missions under its Pioneer Partnership Projects with Spire Global and UK-based AAC Clyde…
Off-the-shelf AI-powered data processing unit successfully launches aboard 16U satellite, with ESA support
31 Mar 2026
The European Space Agency (ESA) has supported the launch of Belgian in-orbit computing start-up EDGX’s STERNA AI-powered on-board data processing unit. STERNA will conduct in-orbit…
DUTHSat-2, inaugural satellite in ESA-supported Greek Satellite Connectivity programme, proceeds through early operations phase
24 Mar 2026
The DUTHsat-2 mission, the first of seven missions implemented by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance for…
Next-generation optical ground station for fast and secure connectivity ready to begin operations in Chile, with ESA support
10 Mar 2026
A new optical ground station established by SSC Space under the NODES contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), and with support from the Swedish…