Europe’s $6.8B secure connectivity constellation embraces commercial support, co-funding

A proposed $6.8 billion European Commission (EC) satellite constellation to provide secure broadband connectivity could include participation from commercial space companies and co-funding opportunities. The constellation would likely entail a “few hundred” satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), Martine Denis, an administrator for the European Space Agency (ESA), told Connectivity Business. Development of the constellation […]