Telespazio is a company within the Leonardo group.

L’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and Telespazio signed an agreement to start the RESPONSE program to modernize Telespazio’s FOC-1A antenna.

EGNOS supports maritime navigation and precision-driven agriculture, contributing to reduced fuel consumption and lower emissions.

EGNOS enables more efficient flight route planning that reduces fuel burn and CO2 emissions for aviation.

Under the extended GEO-1 contract, SES will continue operating the EGNOS ground segment from its facilities in Europe.

EGNOS is Europe’s regional Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) that improves the accuracy and reliability of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals such as GPS.

EGNOS provides high-precision navigation services for aviation and other critical users across Europe.

By improving the accuracy and integrity of satellite positioning signals, EGNOS supports aircraft landings in low-visibility conditions.

The GEO-1 contract extension preserves a robust EGNOS space segment that is ready for transition to a next version and for development of new services.

The European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) and SES extended the EGNOS GEO-1 satellite service agreement through 2030 with an option to extend until 2032.

EGNOS-enabled services benefit millions of users and operators by enabling more efficient and reliable air transportation across Europe.

The GEO-1 contract extension maintains operation of an EGNOS hosted payload on the SES-5 satellite.

The TOUCAN project is led by GMV in the UK.

eLoran uses high-power, low-frequency terrestrial signals that are inherently difficult to disrupt.

On February 3, 2026, the UK Space Agency made a strategic investment in the TOUCAN (TWSTFT Capability Demonstration) project to enhance the United Kingdom’s resilience against potential disruptions to Global Navigation Satellite Systems.

The TOUCAN project is designed to complement the reestablishment of the UK National eLoran program.

The TOUCAN project is funded through the European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP).

TOUCAN focuses on the design, development, and testing of a Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) system.

Viasat provides satellite bandwidth for the TOUCAN project and assists in analysis of TWSTFT technology evolutions.

GMV serves as the lead contractor for TOUCAN and provides system-level engineering and secure time transfer expertise.

The UK government commitment to harden PNT infrastructure includes £71 million for the national eLoran program and £68 million for the National Timing Centre.

The TOUCAN initiative follows a broader £155 million UK government commitment to harden national PNT infrastructure.

Dr. Paul Bate is the CEO of the UK Space Agency.

TOUCAN aims to deliver a nationally assured timing source that does not rely exclusively on GPS or Galileo signals.

The TOUCAN initiative is part of the UK government’s Framework for Greater Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Resilience.

The bill directs NASA, subject to appropriations, to maintain a flight cadence of crew and cargo missions on U.S. commercial vehicles at no less than the average of the previous three years while the ISS operates.

The NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 formally authorizes NASA to enter into agreements enabling U.S. commercial companies to conduct nongovernmental human missions to the International Space Station under NASA policies and federal regulations.

The NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 positions commercial space stations and other private platforms as the backbone of U.S. low-Earth orbit operations once the ISS is retired by directing NASA to share its orbital research, development, and operational needs with U.S. industry.

The legislation orders a report on the risks of any gap in U.S. access to low-Earth orbit platforms and explicitly lists increasing investment in and accelerating development of commercial space stations as an option to prevent such a gap.

The bill ties human lunar landing systems to NASA’s Moon-to-Mars roadmap and Artemis missions to signal sustained demand for lunar transportation and surface operations.

The bill directs NASA to provide an accounting of research, development, and operational requirements for future United States commercial low-Earth orbit platforms and supporting capabilities within 90 days of enactment.

The bill requires NASA to certify compliance with existing commercial item and competition statutes for major agreements and mandates reports on alternative approaches if commercial providers cannot meet cost, schedule, or performance targets for human lunar landings.

The NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 explicitly empowers the NASA Administrator to enter into agreements and public–private partnerships with U.S. commercial providers to support human exploration of the Moon and cislunar space.

The Act calls for detailed reporting on government and private investment in commercial human lunar lander contracts, including milestone payments, cost and schedule challenges, and joint steps taken by NASA and providers to address those challenges.

The NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 directs NASA to support development and demonstration of human-rated lunar landing capabilities and, subject to funding, to procure those capabilities from not fewer than two commercial providers.

The legislation directs NASA to obtain advanced spacesuit capabilities for exploration and requires that any commercial provider delivering those capabilities be a U.S. company.

The bill mandates a Government Accountability Office review to examine how many nongovernmental human missions to the ISS are flown, whether companies fully reimburse NASA’s associated costs, and how those flights affect NASA’s science and technology priorities.

The legislation requires that any commercial provider supplying human lunar landing systems be a U.S. commercial provider.

The bill requires NASA to maintain core in-house expertise and keep Johnson Space Center in charge of spacesuit and extravehicular activity programs, including through partnerships with the private sector.

Satellite analyses enable mapping of ground deformations over extensive areas.

Satellite data processing produces damage maps to support coordination of rescue operations and emergency management.

In approximately 24 hours the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana made available about 400 COSMO-SkyMed archive images covering a 40×40 kilometer area at 3-meter resolution acquired since 2010 under the MapItaly acquisition plan.

The satellite data from COSMO-SkyMed and SAOCOM were transferred to the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Florence for analysis.

The COSMO-SkyMed program, run by the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the Italian Ministry of Defense, is a dual-use civil-military constellation of satellites equipped with X-band synthetic aperture radar.

The MapItaly acquisition plan is managed by the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana on request of the Department of Civil Protection and is dedicated to monitoring the national territory.

Radar image analyses from the satellites can identify structural changes and evaluate potential acceleration of landslide movements thanks to the satellites' high revisit frequency.

A landslide in a Sicilian town affected by Cyclone Harry is being continuously monitored by the Protezione Civile and currently shows movement of about 350 million cubic meters.

The Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, as the competence center for the Department of Civil Protection for satellite data provision, is supplying COSMO-SkyMed and Argentina's SAOCOM satellite data to support emergency management and strengthen monitoring.

Kanagawa Prefecture’s advantages for space industry promotion include an international trade port, high transportation convenience due to proximity to the Tokyo metropolitan area, and a planned new Linear Chuo Shinkansen station in the Hashimoto area of Sagamihara.

Mitsubishi Electric’s Kamakura Works, which develops satellites and satellite-mounted equipment, is located in Kanagawa Prefecture.