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European multi-orbit satellite operator reporting FY 2025-26 revenue of €1.23bn ($1.43bn) and leading the IRIS2 LEO constellation deployment.
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Bloomberg reports Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Vodafone and Telefonica are in early talks about one bid for the European third of the 2 GHz band, a licence that changes hands well before any EU constellation can carry phone traffic.
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EU and French leaders used a Paris summit on 10 September to call for sovereign launch and crew capability. The parts actually under construction are a 348-satellite constellation, German defence budgets and a first orbital launch from Norwegian soil.
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The Department for Transport's share of the £7.8bn plan pays for low Earth orbit capacity to cut signal dropouts on trains by 2030. The plan does not name a service provider, and the date repeats one the rail minister gave in May.
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An August 2026 review grew IRIS² from around 290 satellites to 348 and its planned investment from 10.6 billion euros to more than 15.6 billion, and the largest single build order, 2.4 billion euros for 264 platforms, went to Belgium's Aerospacelab.
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OneWeb revenue hit $342.6M and roughly a quarter of the group total. The implied decline in everything else is the number to put in your GEO renewal paperwork.
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