Panel discussion on the status of the satcom industry at Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen, German, Nov. 19, 2024. Credit: SpaceNews/Andrew Jones BREMEN, Germany — Europe’s plan to launch a sovereign ...

Eutelsat has completed the last step in a 5 billion euro ($5.8 billion) refinancing plan to refresh its OneWeb constellation and support Europe’s IRIS² sovereign connectivity program, the French ...

The $10 billion-plus IRIS² project is currently undergoing a multiweek review between the EU and the SpaceRise consortium that is set to deploy the constellation before embarking on building the ...

The IRIS 2 program (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity, and Security by Satellite) will constitute Europe's first multi-orbit satellite network. This constellation will consist of ...

Deutsche Telekom has announced its support for the European Union’s IRIS² satellite network, intended to reinforce sovereign connectivity capacity for governments, businesses, and citizens of Europe.

The European Union Governmental Satellite Communications programme (GOVSATCOM) is a long-awaited part of a wider EU strategy and the first step in satellite connectivity, the European Commissioner for ...

The fact that the IRIS² satellite consortium includes just about every major name in the European space business provides a strong clue as to the project’s overall importance. IRIS², with a nod to the ...

SES CEO Steve Collar, speaking to analysts following on from the satellite operator’s Q1 results on May 4th, said the European Union’s third global satellite constellation, IRIS², was a “strategic ...

A number of European space and telecommunications players have come together to form a consortium to bid on the European Union’s planned satellite constellation. 11 players have formed a partnership ...

— The EU’s IRIS² satellite communications network project is increasingly troubled. — NATO seeks to make procuring arms faster, the alliance's procurement agency boss Stacy Cummings told me. — The U.K ...

A group of European space and telecommunications are forming a partnership to bid to support the future European satellite constellation IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and ...