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The European Space Agency has selected two projects led by Indra Space, ATLAS and SELENE, to enter the consolidation phase of the IRIS2 Low LEO Pre-Operational and De-Risk Activities programme

Après avoir décroché récemment un contrat de 2,4 milliards d'euros pour la constellation européenne Iris2, le producteur wallon de satellites Aerospacelab vient de conclure deux nouveaux accords de collaboration, avec l'entreprise coréenne KAI et avec Ariane Espace. The post Aerospacelab signe deux nouveaux accords: “On a signé deux accords de collaboration, l’un avec KAI, et l’autre c’est avec Ariane Espace” appeared first on Trends-Tendances.

Eutelsat is planning to transition customers to the EU's IRIS2 satellite network while bolstering OneWeb's operational satellites. Aerospacelab, a Belgian startup, will manufacture the majority of IRIS2's LEO satellites, marking a major turning point for Europe's space manufacturing industry. The new satellites will feature digital channelizers for flexible communications, supporting government, defense, and broadband services. The French military is also expanding its use of commercial LEO networks. The key to future success will be ramping up production capacity at the new facility as scheduled.

ESA has awarded 18 contracts worth €20 million to study future evolutions of Europe's IRIS2 secure communications constellation.

L'Agence spatiale européenne a attribué 18 contrats d'une valeur totale de 20 millions d'euros pour étudier les évolutions futures potentielles du service de communication sécurisé IRIS2. Signé le 17 septembre, les contrats réunissent près de 80 entreprises européennes pour étudier de nouveaux services de connectivité sécurisés par satellite et les concepts de mission associés. Selon l'ESA, les so

The European Space Agency has awarded 18 contracts worth a combined €20 million to study potential future evolutions of the European Union’s IRIS2 secure communications service. Signed on 17 September, the contracts bring together nearly 80 European companies to study new satellite-based secure connectivity services and associated mission concepts. According to ESA, the solutions will […] The post ESA Awards €20M in Contracts to Study Future IRIS2 Services appeared first on European Spaceflight.

À Toulouse, la chaîne Airbus qui concurrence Starlink va aussi fabriquer les 66 premiers satellites souverains d'IRIS², le réseau sécurisé européen.

On Wednesday 16th September 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news reports that Environment Minister is addressing problems with the Volta system, while Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas and a growing petition want it cancelled or at least reviewed.  Other headlines include the Raízes Viva Festival arriving in Santarém later this month to highlight regenerative agriculture and food culture, the EU’s planned Iris² sovereign satellite constellation, Liberal Initiative accusing the government of describing a “wonderland country,” September pressure from back-to-school costs, fuel prices, inflation and interest rates, the Prime Minister calling Portugal a mature democracy, and Liberals proposing 100% paid parental leave.  #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #VoltaSystem #CarlosMoedas #RaizesViva #Iris2 #LiberalInitiative #ToddParker #Nazare #Portugal2026

In this analysis 01What Eutelsat actually ordered02Why the location matters03Is Airbus leaving Florida?04What it means for IRIS205Why the work moved06What to watch Sources Eutelsat announcement on the 229-satellite order, 10 September 2026 Airbus press release on the 340-satellite contract, 12 January 2026 Arianespace launch contract announced in Paris, September 2026 Financial Times on the Airbus United States small-satellite review, 29 August 2026 SpaceRISE and Eutelsat IRIS2 contract awards, 10 September 2026 Disclosure The author has no position in the securities of any company discussed here and no commercial engagement with any of them. Analysis · Sovereignty Free for subscribers # Why Is Airbus Building OneWeb Satellites in France Now? Eutelsat ordered 229 more OneWeb satellites on 10 September, an estimated one billion euros, built in Toulouse. The factory that built the first six hundred sits in Florida and went under strategic review twelve days earlier. **Glenn Canales** · Satellite Insights · 15 September 2026 · 6 min read 229 Additional OneWeb satellites covered by the authorization to proceed signed with Airbus on 10 September 2026 669 Total new OneWeb satellites now contracted from Airbus, across the 440 ordered earlier and these 229 €1B Estimated investment, Eutelsat’s own figure, which the company says does not change its capital plan through FY2029 600+ First-generation OneWeb satellites built at Merritt Island, Florida, at a peak rate of two a day 01 · What Eutelsat actually ordered Eutelsat signed an authorization to proceed with Airbus Defence and Space on 10 September for 229 additional OneWeb satellites, an estimated one billion euro investment announced at the International Space Summit in Paris, and they will be built in Toulouse. The factory that built more than six hundred first-generation OneWeb satellites sits in Merritt Island, Florida, and Airbus put its United States small-satellite business under strategic review twelve days earlier, with a sale among the options. The replenishment work that plant was built for is now being done on the other side of the Atlantic. ## What did Eutelsat actually order? **An authorization to proceed covering initial industrial activities on 229 satellites, which is a signed instruction to begin work rather than a closed and fully funded contract.** The estimated one billion euro figure is Eutelsat’s own, and the company says it is consistent with its existing financial framework and does not change its capital expenditure plan through financial year 2029. The 229 sit on top of 440 already ordered from Airbus, in two earlier tranches of 100 in December 2024 and 340 in early 2026, bringing total new OneWeb procurement from Airbus to 669 units. First deliveries from the 440 order are expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. Part of the manifest is now assigned. Under a contract announced in the same Paris week, Arianespace will carry replenishment satellites on two dedicated Ariane 64 flights in 2027 and 2028 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, which puts those two flights on a European launcher from a European site, French Guiana being an outermost region of the Union rather than a third country. The rest of the manifest is unassigned, and OneWeb has been flying on SpaceX and the Indian Space Research Organization since the Soyuz withdrawal. Arianespace flew 13 OneWeb missions between 2019 and 2022, placing 428 satellites, so the partnership long predates this order. The new satellites carry digital channelizers for onboard processing and the ability to host third-party payloads, neither of which the first generation had. Eutelsat frames the order as replenishment and expansion through 2034, bridging to IRIS2, whose commercial Ku-band constellation the company expects to be operational by mid-2032 and to provide more than twice OneWeb’s current capacity. Subscriber content · Free ## The remaining five sections are free with an email address. No payment, no card. An email address unlocks the rest of this analysis and everything after it. If you already have an account, sign in and the page opens where you are. * 02Why the location matters * 03Is Airbus leaving Florida? * 04What it means for IRIS2 * 05Why the work moved * 06What to watch Sign up free to keep reading Independent weekly intelligence on the satellite communications sector. No hype. A point of view. Unsubscribe in one click. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

Ontdek het megacontract voor Belgische satellietenbouwer Aerospacelab ter waarde van €2,4 miljard voor het Iris2-project.

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