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The European Space Agency (ESA) and GSMA Foundry have opened a call for ideas to provide up to €100 million in funding for projects improving the combined use of satellite and ground connectivity networks. The funding opportunity – provided by ESA Member States and announced during the 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain – will empower companies to bridge the digital divide.

Faster, more secure connections from space could one day make broadband on planes, ships and even remote roads as easy as turning on a light. The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and German payload manufacturer TESAT (as subcontractor) successfully connected an aircraft to a geostationary satellite using laser communications, bringing people closer to seamless, high‑speed connections in daily life.

After acquiring spacecraft manufacturer Lanteris Space Systems, Intuitive Machines is now making a $175 million investment focused on technologies to advance communications and data processing networks. The company said it...

A 6.6-million-pound Apollo-era crawler-transporter rolled up the ramp to pad 38B on Tuesday and was positioned directly under the 3.5-million-pound Space Launch System rocket and its 11.3-million-pound mobile launch platform.

Germany and Luxembourg-based sensing company Airmo will partner with satellite manufacturer EnduroSat to put its methane emissions monitoring technology into orbit, with the first satellite of a projected 12-satellite constellation...

Luxembourg-based connectivity provider OQ Technology is receiving 25 million euro ($29.5 million) of debt financing from the European Investment Bank to accelerate development and rollout of its satellite connectivity network....

The issue of quantum computing is becoming more important in the space cybersecurity community, and Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) is now launching a new initiative in...

The Starlink 17-26 mission was also the 540th launch of a previously flown Falcon booster. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 6:17:49 a.m. PST (9:17:49 a.m. EST / 1417:49 UTC).

The future of satellite-connected wearables is closer to becoming an everyday reality thanks to the world’s first-ever two-way S-band connectivity from a wearable antenna with a geostationary satellite. In autumn 2025, a team climbed mount Halti to test the antenna’s capabilities. Developed by Finnish company Stealthcase, with support from the European Space Agency (ESA) and in collaboration with Radientum, the innovative antenna was integrated into a jacket by outdoor clothing brand HALTI. The demonstration paves the way for reliable communication for emergency responders and people in remote areas without cellular network.

Iridium has made a further move in the IoT market, launching a new IoT module that integrates Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) satellite service, LTE-M cellular connectivity, and GNSS positioning...

Applied Aerospace & Defense has acquired Vestigo Aerospace, which is known for its line of drag sails used to deorbit satellites. The company’s Spinnaker line of drag sails are designed...