Europe Signs $11.1B, 292-Satellite IRIS² Constellation Contract

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Credit: European Space Agency
The European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) have formally signed the concession contract with a European industry consortium to deploy a roughly 292-satellite secure communications system to give the region assured and sovereign access to such services. The 12-year concession contract...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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