Eutelsat pulls back from ‘shaky’ GEO as LEO surges

Joe Purnell2026-02-18T09:18:00

Source: Eutelsat

Satco limits investment in geostationary satellites to service continuity and instead hedges future on further LEO growth via the OneWeb constellation. GEO business case considered “more and more shaky”, while LEO presents growth opportunity…

This article includes:

Themes: Capex strategy; Constellation investment; GEO market decline; LEO growth; Satellite economics; Satellite demand; Strategic repositioning.
Events: Eutelsat H1 FY25–26 earnings; SmallSat Symposium.
People: Bryan Benedict; Jean‑François Fallacher; Sébastien Rouge.
Geographic: Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Middle East.
Organisations: Angola’s MSTelecom; Eutelsat; Hispasat; Indian Army; IRIS2 consortium; OneWeb; Paratus; Polsat; SES; Thaicom.

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