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Eumetsat gives de facto OK to $1B, 20-satellite atmospheric sounding constellation; formal OK expected within weeks
French launcher startup Latitude: Coming to terms with the fact that its government has a favorite, and it’s not them
German government signs multi-year, $282M contract with Planet labs for Pelican high-res data
Smallsat hardware, services provider AAC Clyde sells equity at discount, shares drop; CEO explains, and shares climb
French startup Skynopy raises $17.5M to enter crowded ground-station-as-service market; focus on geospatial imaging
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Airbus Digital: Proposed ESA/European Commission defense/intel imaging constellation could threaten our business
ESA to ask its governments’ defense ministries to help fund EU-promoted intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance constellation
First pass at EU Space Act: Commission wants to play nice. But a regulation is designed to force operators to act responsibly
EU Space Act, expected this week, modifies earlier draft, now makes all satellites subject to the same safety requirements
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  • French launcher startup Latitude: Coming to terms with the fact that its government has a favorite, and it’s not them

    by Peter B. de Selding July 1, 2025
    by Peter B. de Selding July 1, 2025

    LA PLATA, Maryland — In March 2024 the French government announced grant/contract awards to four launcher…

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  • French president endorses Airbus, Thales, Leonardo space merger, says Eutelsat OneWeb is ‘a strategic treasure’

    by Peter B. de Selding June 20, 2025
    by Peter B. de Selding June 20, 2025

    PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron emphatically endorsed the proposed merger of the space divisions of…

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  • It must be nice: Startup MaiaSpace draws 4 French ministers to announce a factory; Defense Minister makes a promise

    by Peter B. de Selding June 17, 2025
    by Peter B. de Selding June 17, 2025

    PARIS — The French Defense Ministry, in a remarkable promise to a startup launch-service provider still…

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  • Cailabs, General Atomics, Odysseus, Tesat: Satellite lasercom advancing; interoperability still an issue despite SDA effort

    by Peter B. de Selding May 29, 2025
    by Peter B. de Selding May 29, 2025

    AMSTERDAM — Satellite laser communications providers Cailabs, General Atomics, Odysseus Space and Tesat said enough real-world…

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  • France, Germany join US-led Operation Olympic Defender to bolster allied space domain awareness/defense

    by Peter B. de Selding October 14, 2024
    by Peter B. de Selding October 14, 2024

    MILAN — France and Germany joined the U.S.-led Operation Olympic Defender (ODD) coalition for space control,…

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  • Cailabs, Warpspace & Safran Data Systems on whether optical ground stations’ market uptake will follow inter-satellite links

    by Peter B. de Selding October 8, 2024
    by Peter B. de Selding October 8, 2024

    PARIS — While the use laser communications terminals (LCTs) to provide  high-speed communications between satellites is…

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  • EU Commissioner dodges Iris2 funding issues, insists constellation to have LEO, MEO, GEO, SSA, quantum – the works

    by Peter B. de Selding June 6, 2024
    by Peter B. de Selding June 6, 2024

    JAKARTA — European Commissioner Thierry Breton described the Commission’s Iris2 secure-connectivity satellite project as having LEO,…

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  • US. SDA & Kepler inter-satellite optical comms results imminent, as is test with Cailabs optical ground station

    by Peter B. de Selding February 12, 2024
    by Peter B. de Selding February 12, 2024

    LA PLATA, Maryland — At least three laser-optical satellite communications systems already in orbit — two…

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  • Airbus: 2023 will be big for GEO-orbit satellites; French military’s move to buying services shows industry maturity

    by Peter B. de Selding June 26, 2023
    by Peter B. de Selding June 26, 2023

    LE BOURGET, France — Airbus Defence and Space said 2023 is shaping up to be a…

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  • French Defense Ministry proposes $6.5-billion military space budget for 2024-30

    by Peter B. de Selding April 4, 2023
    by Peter B. de Selding April 4, 2023

    PARIS — The French government proposed spending 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) on military space programs…

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