EU Deploys First Satellite Service in Bid to Limit US Dependence
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The European Union has switched on parts of its homegrown secure satellite communications network for the first time, as part of a €10.6 billion push to provide an alternative to Starlink and wean itself off US support amid growing tensions.
Elements of the IRIS2 and GOVSATCOM networks began limited operations last week for government and military use, Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said at the European space conference in Brussels on Tuesday. Ukraine has requested access, and provisions to do so are under way, he said.
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