The Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) is excited to announce the Space Career Launchpad, a new initiative designed to bolster the EU space sector by bridging the skills gap and fostering a skilled, inclusive, and diverse workforce.

The EU Space Days, formerly known as EU Space Week, is the Commission’s most important event when it comes to space policy and the EU Space Programme.

As part of the European Commission’s ongoing commitment to bolster Europe’s defence capabilities and foster innovation in the defence industry, colleagues participated in three significant events over the past week

On Tuesday December 3, 2024, at 6:20 p.m. local time (9:20 p.m. UTC, 10:20 p.m. CEST) Copernicus Sentinel-1C will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana onboard a Vega C launcher.

Last week saw the recently inaugurated EU Defence Innovation Office (EUDIO) in Kyiv represented in several high-level events, which served to promote international defence industry activities in Ukraine to great effect.

The 8th edition of the EU Copernicus Ocean State Report describes an ocean characterised by increased warming, melting sea ice, widespread and intensifying marine heatwaves, and an unexpected phytoplankton bloom.

As a significant step towards enhancing defence industrial collaboration between the European Union and Ukraine, the EU Defence Innovation Office commenced operations in Kyiv in early September 2024.

In the night between 17 to 18 September 2024 at 00:50 am (Brussels time), two new Galileo satellites were successfully placed in orbit, as part of the completion of the deployment of the Galileo constellation.

On 11 September 2024, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Defense Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) kicked-off a 30-month project to develop Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) and Environmental Footprint (EF) compliant datasets, specific for the space sector.