Eutelsat Cancels GEO Satellite As Boss Urges Germany To Back IRIS²

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Credit: Thales Alenia Space
Eutelsat has cancelled the order for the Thales Alenia Space-made Flexsat Americas satellite due to concerns about competition for low-Earth-orbit (LEO) systems, but CEO Jean-François Fallacher says the market for large geostationary (GEO) spacecraft is not entirely dead. “We didn't see a viable...
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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