PARIS — The French Defense Ministry, in a remarkable promises to a startup launch-service provider still two years from first launch, said it is all but certain to account for 3-4 launches per year from startup MaiaSpace late this decade France’s planned military space demand for smaller satellites in low Earth orbit.
Promises only commit those who believe them, but Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s June 13 remarks are yet another illustration of the fact that while France has given launch contracts to four launcher startups . . .
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