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AMSTERDAM – European industry representatives and legal experts are worried that the EU Space Act is too slow, too rigid and too bureaucratic. Speaking at SmallSat Europe, panelists said they The post European space industry warns EU Space Act could slow competitiveness appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpinLaunch CEO Massimiliano “Massi” Ladovaz paints an ambitious picture of a rapidly shifting space industry driven as much by geopolitics and sovereignty as by engineering innovation. Ladovaz argued that SpinLaunch’s The post As geopolitics reshape space, SpinLaunch sees an opening appeared first on SpaceNews.

NanoAvionics, founded in 2014, was known for producing individual satellites and small constellations until April, when the company won a 122.5-million-euro contract ($142 million) to build the initial 280 satellites The post Kongsberg NanoAvionics sets sights on building and supporting sovereign constellations appeared first on SpaceNews.

AMSTERDAM – A former senior Ukrainian defense official called on SpaceX to tighten controls on Starlink terminals that she said are reaching Russian forces through third-party countries or intermediaries. Kateryna The post Former Ukraine official calls for stricter restrictions on Russian use of Starlink appeared first on SpaceNews.

• SITAEL announces a growth plan targeting €200 million in revenues by 2031, currently supported by over €150 million in backlog and nine launches planned by 2030.• The company confirms The post Sitael Accelerates Growth in Space: New Missions, Industrial Capacity and a Trajectory Towards 2031 appeared first on SpaceNews.

AMSTERDAM – Spire Global revealed another element of its campaign to rapidly scale satellite production in German: strategic cooperation with Schaeffer AG, a major German manufacturer of automotive systems and The post Schaeffler AG joins forces with Spire to build sovereign European satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.