Eutelsat boosts OneWeb capacity with billion-euro Airbus order

Dawn Bushaus2026-09-11T16:42:00

Source: Eutelsat

Constellation operator adds to OneWeb ambitions with another 229 Airbus satellites, in a bid to strengthen its position as a European sovereign satco.

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Themes: Capacity expansion; Digital channelisers; European sovereign connectivity; Government communications; Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites; Next-generation satellite networks; Non-US communications infrastructure; Satellite communications; Satellite manufacturing; Sovereign communications; Sovereign infrastructure; Space connectivity; Third-party payloads; Telecommunications infrastructure.
People: Elon Musk; Jean-François Fallacher.
Geographic: Europe; France; Toulouse; United Kingdom (UK).
Organisations: Airbus; Airbus Defence and Space; Bharti Space; CMA CGM; Eutelsat; European Union (EU); IRIS²; Le Fonds Stratégique de Participations (FSP); OneWeb; SpaceX; Starlink.

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