AST SpaceMobile is a customer on Blue Origin’s NG-3 mission.

The booster "Never Tell Me The Odds" is being refurbished to power NG-3.

The BlueBird satellite network is intended to deliver broadband connectivity anytime, anywhere.

The BlueBird satellite network will support commercial and government telecommunications applications.

New Glenn-3 (NG-3) will carry AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellite to low Earth orbit.

Gulf Air will roll out Starlink high-speed internet across its entire fleet starting mid-2026.

Oman has approved Starlink.

Qatar Airways launched Starlink service across its Boeing 777 fleet in October 2024.

Gulf Air will offer complimentary Wi-Fi to passengers from boarding through arrival on aircraft equipped with Starlink.

The first Starlink-equipped Gulf Air A320 is scheduled to enter service in mid-2026 with fleet-wide installation to follow.

Emirates will deploy Starlink across its entire 232-aircraft in-service fleet by mid-2027, starting with Boeing 777s in late 2025 and moving to Airbus A380s in 2026.

Bahrain approved the launch of Starlink this month.

Starlink operates through a growing constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites that deliver high-speed, low-latency internet.

Gulf Air CEO Martin Gauss supports bringing next-generation in-flight connectivity to all passengers with Starlink.

Starlink is a satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk.

Saudi Arabia has approved Starlink.

Part of LC1’s funding has come from corporate furusato-nozei donations and donations toward LC1 reached a goal of ¥1.1 billion, but rising material costs have increased the total project cost and Taiki Town continues to solicit donations.

Taiki Town is advancing the HOSPO project on two pillars: hardware facility expansion (Aviation Park Function Expansion Project) and software support for local space-related companies and aerospace outreach (Aerospace-related Business Promotion Project).

The 15 companies that contributed between October and December 2025 include Amusement Hokkaido, Anx Systems, SMFL Rental, Osaka Stainless, Kushiro Manufacturing, Sunny Trading, Sanki Kogyo, Sanko, Tokyo Tatemono, Nippon Life Insurance, Nippon Travel Hokkaido, Hokkaido Gas, Honma Demolition, Manabu Design, and one undisclosed company.

From the HOSPO project start in April 2020 through December 2025, donations came from 341 companies totaling ¥3,488,600,000, including ¥1,810,300,000 for hardware and ¥1,678,300,000 for software.

LC1 is scheduled for completion in September 2026 and is planned to host rocket launches by Interstellar Technologies and other operators.

Taiki Town currently operates HOSPO together with SPACE COTAN.

Since 2022 Taiki Town has been constructing Launch Complex 1 (LC1) and extending the runway to support new launches of ultra-small to small rockets with up to 2-ton payload capacity to low Earth orbit.

HOSPO includes a concept to construct a large rocket launch complex in the 2040s.

SPACE COTAN received ¥420,000,000 in corporate furusato-nozei donations from 15 companies between October and December 2025 for the Hokkaido Spaceport (HOSPO) project.

The Spanish Ministry of Defence will have preferential access to PAZ-2 images and services.

The alliance’s operational approach aligns with the international trend toward denser constellations capable of providing near-real-time data for complex decision-making.

Hisdesat and Airbus Defence & Space will jointly commercialize images and applications from the future PAZ-2 satellites.

Participation of Spanish companies in PAZ-2 development, integration, and exploitation is intended to strengthen Spain’s technological and industrial base in high-value Earth observation.

Hisdesat’s agreement with Airbus Defence & Space reinforces Hisdesat’s position in the European Earth observation ecosystem.

Hisdesat and Airbus Defence & Space have maintained a collaboration since 2018 around the Spanish satellite PAZ and the German TerraSAR‑X / TanDEM‑X constellation.

Hisdesat signed a new agreement with Airbus Defence & Space for the international commercialization of images from the future PAZ-2 Earth observation satellites.

PAZ-2 will consist of two twin satellites that will replace the current PAZ satellite, which has been in service since 2018.

Target markets for PAZ-2 radar observation products include defense, security, emergency management, maritime surveillance, and critical infrastructure monitoring.

The new agreement extends the relationship that integrated the Spanish satellite PAZ into Airbus’s radar constellation, combining PAZ capabilities with TerraSAR‑X and TanDEM‑X to provide high-precision, high-availability observation services.

PAZ-2 will improve resolution, tasking capacity, revisit frequency, and flexibility in imaging modes compared with the current PAZ satellite generation.

The Hisdesat–Airbus Defence & Space alliance aims to combine future PAZ-2 satellites with existing constellations to offer integrated products with greater coverage, shorter response times, and tailored services for institutional and commercial customers.

Airbus Defence & Space contributes its global commercial network and experience operating radar constellations to the Hisdesat partnership.

Hisdesat reinforces its role as a Spanish government-focused operator of satellite services through the agreement with Airbus Defence & Space.

The Hisdesat–Airbus Defence & Space alliance aligns with European priorities for strategic autonomy and strengthening space capabilities applied to security and defense.

PAZ-2 is financed by the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Tourism.

The extended collaboration with PAZ-2 strengthens Airbus Defence & Space’s catalog of radar solutions and enables further integration of national capabilities into its global offering.

The PAZ-2 program is led by the Spanish Ministry of Defence and Hisdesat.

Andrius Kubilius advocates joint efforts by European Union member states to achieve European competitiveness and independence in space.

Italy participates in numerous industrial and institutional space programs and maintains a supply chain that covers the entire life cycle of space systems from the launch segment to applications.

Andrius Kubilius met with Italian Minister Adolfo Urso to discuss progress on major strategic space dossiers.

The meeting between Andrius Kubilius and Adolfo Urso reflects political alignment on consolidating European space capabilities as a strategic asset.

Andrius Kubilius considers Italy one of the major players on space issues.

The concept of European space autonomy involves reinforced cooperation among EU countries while maintaining interoperability and strategic coherence.

Italy is a central partner for strengthening Europe’s overall competitiveness in space and for contributing to the reduction of external dependencies.