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Satellite operator and member of the SpaceRISE consortium for IRIS2.
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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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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The deals that put capacity into the UAE and Israel closed weeks before the February strikes on Iran. What follows for tenants is a region-selection problem that uptime credits were never written to cover.
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Elveo Mobile starts life with five satellites in orbit and globally coordinated spectrum. In direct-to-device, the second asset is the harder one to replace.
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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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