Deutsche Telekom to handle the land infra for EU’s IRIS2 satellite system
Michelle Donegan2025-06-05T15:25:00
As Europe’s flagship satellite project gets underway, Deutsche Telekom shares initial plans to support the design of ground-based infrastructure for the space connectivity programme.
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Organisations: Airbus Defence and Space; Amazon; Copernicus; Deutsche Telekom; Earth observation system Copernicus; ESA; Eutelsat; European Aviation Network; European Commission; European Space Agency; European Union; Galileo; Hisdesat; Hispasat; Intelsat; Inmarsat; IRIS2; Kuiper; OHB; OneWeb; Orange; OQ Technology; Sateliot; SES; Skylo; SpaceRISE; SpaceX; Starlink; Telespazio; Thales Alenia Space; Thales Six; T-Systems; Viasat.
Geographic: Amazon (region); Europe; European Union; France; LEO; MEO; medium Earth orbit; multi-orbit; low Earth orbit; USA.
People: Adel Al-Saleh; Claudia Nemat; Jean-François Fallacher.
Themes: 5G core network; broadband services; civil protection; consortium; contract; critical infrastructure protection; cross-border digital infrastructure; data centre services; digital divide; digital infrastructure; digital sovereignty; direct-to-device services; government users; ground-based infrastructure; IT infrastructure; national security; network of networks; partnership project; resilience; satellite constellation; satcomms; secure networks; space connectivity; strategic autonomy.