Emma Gatti, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:37:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Emma Gatti, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Europe outlines defense flagship programs and confirms European Space Shield by 2026 https://spacenews.com/europe-outlines-defense-flagship-programs-and-confirms-european-space-shield-by-2026/ https://spacenews.com/europe-outlines-defense-flagship-programs-and-confirms-european-space-shield-by-2026/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:36:53 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=556789 Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space (far right) presents a roadmap for European military readiness titled "Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030" during an Oct. 16 European Commission meeting. Credit: European Union

Krakow — The European Commission presented a working plan to track progress and deliver key defense capabilities by 2030 to European Union member states on October 16. The roadmap, titled […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/europe-outlines-defense-flagship-programs-and-confirms-european-space-shield-by-2026/feed/ 0 556789 Italy’s crossroads: build its own satellites or lean on Starlink while waiting for IRIS² https://spacenews.com/italys-crossroads-build-its-own-satellites-or-lean-on-starlink-while-waiting-for-iris%c2%b2/ https://spacenews.com/italys-crossroads-build-its-own-satellites-or-lean-on-starlink-while-waiting-for-iris%c2%b2/#respond Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=553897 The European Commission signed a contract in December 2024 for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²), a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellite, with the SpaceRISE consortium.

MILAN – A report from Italy’s space policy office questioned whether the country is underrepresented in the IRIS² program, the European Union’s planned public-private communication constellation for low and medium earth orbit, […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/italys-crossroads-build-its-own-satellites-or-lean-on-starlink-while-waiting-for-iris%c2%b2/feed/ 0 553897 Lunar helium-3: separating market from marketing https://spacenews.com/lunar-helium-3-separating-market-from-marketing/ https://spacenews.com/lunar-helium-3-separating-market-from-marketing/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=518575 Artwork depicting lunar mining operations for Helium-3 involving harvesters, a solar power plant, rovers and return launchers. Credit: Interlune

On May 5, 2025, Interlune — a Seattle-based startup — announced a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): they’ll deliver helium-3, harvested from the moon, to Earth […]

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