This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium concluded negotiations and signed an implementation agreement to roll out IRIS², the European Union’s new flagship satellite constellation. The agreement, among other things, adds 66 satellites into low Earth orbit to the programme, bringing the main […]Commission accelerates IRIS² deployment with enhanced security and expanded satellites network
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium concluded negotiations and signed an implementation agreement to roll out IRIS², the European Union’s new flagship satellite constellation. The agreement, among other things, adds 66 satellites into low Earth orbit to the programme, bringing the main […]Mergers: Commission clears Viasat’s acquisition of Inmarsat
May 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved unconditionally, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Inmarsat by Viasat. The Commission concluded that the merger would not raise competition concerns in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’) or any substantial part of it. Today’s decision follows […]Satellite tracking is helping scientists pinpoint the worst emissions offenders
February 3, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Formative Content “In the 30 years since the world began negotiating the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, no one has identified exactly where all that pollution is coming from.” Writing in Science former US vice […]Europe plans to send satellites into space to monitor CO2 emissions
June 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content The world’s first constellation of CO2-monitoring satellites is being planned by the European Space Agency (ESA). Once in orbit, they will track CO2 hotspots across the world, making it possible to determine the […]The countries with the most satellites in space
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny WoodSenior Writer, Formative Content More than 1,950 active satellites are currently orbiting Earth, and plenty more could soon be joining them. Reduced costs and growing competition has seen an increasing number of commercial satellites reaching Earth’s orbit, which […]
