SES raises concerns over Airbus-Thales-Leonardo space merger and announces plans to build its own satellites

by Peter B. de Selding

BRUSSELS— Breaking a remarkable silence among European satellite operators and government satellite customers, SES Chief Executive Adel Al-Saleh questioned whether the space-division merger of Airbus, Thales and Leonardo would solve the problems of the industry.

And in a development that may or may not be related to the merger, Al-Saleh announced that SES would break with its past and build its own satellite manufacturing facility as part of a multi-owner campus in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. The site will be inaugurated in March. Al-Saleh disclosed the plans during . . .

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