OHB lands €1bn SES contract as Europe’s IRIS² advances

Dawn Bushaus2026-09-02T15:57:00

Source: SES

Europe’s IRIS² satellite programme has moved into execution mode, with OHB securing a billion-euro contract to build 18 satellites for the constellation amid growing demand for sovereign communications capabilities.

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Themes: Commercial satellite communications; Connectivity resilience; Defence communications; Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites; Medium-Earth orbit (MEO) satellites; Public-private partnership (PPP); Secure communications; Satellite broadband; Satellite manufacturing; Sovereign infrastructure; Space communications; Space technology.
People: Gianaldo Mantovani; Luke Pearce.
Geographic: Africa; Europe; Hungary; Poland; Spain.
Organisations: Aerospacelab; Airbus Defence & Space; Amazon Kuiper; Deutsche Telekom; European Commission; European Space Agency (ESA); European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA); Eutelsat; Hisdesat; Hispasat; OHB SE; Orange; SES; SpaceRISE; Starlink; Telespazio; Thales Alenia Space; Thales Six.

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