ESA Strives To Persuade Members To Spend More, But Plan May Wait

In navigation, ESA is proposing a low-Earth-orbit complement to the existing Galileo constellation.

Credit: ESA/P. Carril
LYON, France—The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ministerial council plans to hear an ambitious €18.7 billion ($19.5 billion) proposal—up from the €14.4 billion agreed to for the previous three-year cycle—by a determined director general at its meeting Nov. 22-23. But Josef Aschbacher will table the...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews. 

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