The European Commission (EC), the European Space Agency (ESA) and other stakeholders such as Europe’s investing nations might be confused as to how the massiv ...

By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Maria Rugamer PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Eutelsat said on Friday that Europe's planned IRIS2 ...

CEO Eva Berneke highlighted the signing of the agreement for the SpaceRISE consortium to design, build, and operate the Iris2 multi-orbit constellation, marking a significant step in Eutelsat's LEO ...

Eutelsat CEO says Europe’s €10.6bn IRIS2 satellite network must compete with Starlink on pricing and performance.

The IRIS2 constellation of orbiting satellites started coming online just a few days ago. EU officials have announced that member states can now begin accessing the ...

EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius attends a press conference at the Ministry of Defence in Helsinki, Finland September 26, 2025. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander/via REUTERS By Julia ...

The European Commission has rejected four smaller consortia for its IRIS 2 low Earth orbiting constellation. It has selected a consortium made up of Airbus Defense & Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES and ...

SES-led consortium to design, deliver, and operate innovative MEO-LEO network. IRIS2 will expand SES’s network with 18 new MEO satellites providing pole-to-pole global coverage, plus extended access ...

IRIS2, the European satellite communications program, is finally taking off. The response to Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper is the SpaceRISE consortium. Two years after launching the ...

The outcome of the war in Ukraine is also being played out in space. The American Starlink satellite network is currently essential to the Ukrainian military, providing connectivity for forces on the ...

BRUSSELS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The European Union's multi-orbit array of 290 satellites known as IRIS2 should be able to start initial communication services in 2029, marking an acceleration in the bloc ...