LA PLATA, Maryland — France’s new space strategy calls for a successor to the current Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket by 2035, an expansion of France’s, and Europe’s, space surveillance network and a more-active defense of Europe’s radio-frequency rights, especially on behalf of the future Iris2 multi-orbit secure broadband network.
The National Space Strategy 2025-2040 was published Nov. 14, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would add 4.2 billion euros ($4.9 billion) to its current military . . .
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