{"id":136077,"date":"2024-12-17T07:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T05:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-launches-e10bn-space-programme-to-rival-musks-starlink\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T07:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T05:40:04","slug":"eu-launches-e10bn-space-programme-to-rival-musks-starlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/eu-launches-e10bn-space-programme-to-rival-musks-starlink\/","title":{"rendered":"EU launches \u20ac10bn space programme to rival Musk\u2019s Starlink"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136077\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The EU has launched an ambitious \u20ac10bn (\u00a38.3bn) space programme with a constellation of 290 satellites to rival Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink, further widening the post-Brexit security gap with the UK. The constellation is intended to ensure the bloc\u2019s security for governments and armies amid increasing global concerns over cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the UK had not made any request to be part of the Iris2 project, which will offer sublease communications capacity for commercial use as an alternative to Musk\u2019s Starlink network. \u201cIt is a significant step towards Europe\u2019s sovereignty and secure connectivity,\u201d an EU statement said. Technological advances mean the network of high- and lower-powered satellites will provide the equivalent of 1,000 satellites in a \u201cmega constellation\u201d similar to Starlink.<\/p>\n<p>Europe has been served by a combination of state-licensed satellite networks providing coverage from Ireland to eastern Europe. The networks enable TV and internet as well as defence, weather and border surveillance functions. Before Brexit, the UK was part of an EU space programme, with British armed forces due to have access to the Galileo satellite network from next year.<\/p>\n<p>However the British government severed ties with the programme and concluded during Brexit negotiations that it would be in the UK\u2019s interests to develop a rival to Galileo involving two satellites. The UK network includes Tyche, the Earth-imaging military satellite which was launched in August. Last month the government said a new satellite, Juno, would be launched in 2027 to \u201ccapture daytime images of the Earth\u2019s surface\u201d thereby \u201cstrengthening the UK\u2019s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance\u201d capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the UK would be involved in the Iris2 programme, given its common interests in defence and security and Keir Starmer\u2019s pledge to reset relations with the EU, a senior official said there had been no such request. \u201cAt this stage we have not received any sign or manifestation of interest from our UK partners,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Under EU rules, a third country can participate by having a commercial agreement for surveillance or cybersecurity services with any of the three operators of the satellites. The operators are Eutelsat, the European-wide network of former telecommunications-only satellites; SES, the Luxembourg-owned satellite network that delivers Sky TV and other TV services to the UK; and Hispasat, the Spanish satellite operator. Third party countries are also permitted to opt to become a \u201cfull member\u201d of the programme, contributing funding.<\/p>\n<p>After Galileo and Copernicus, Iris2 is the EU\u2019s third flagship satellite programme designed to address long-term challenges, deepened in the last three years by Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and alleged cyberattacks in several European countries. It will involve two types of satellites that operate in medium Earth orbit and low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Under the 12-year programme the first communications, both government and commercial, are expected to begin in 2030. Key companies involved in the programme include all the top European, but not British, space industry players, including Airbus Defence and Space, Deutsche Telekom, France\u2019s Thales Alenia Space and Italy\u2019s Telespazio. The UK government has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2024\/dec\/16\/eu-launches-iris2-space-programme-to-rival-musk-starlink\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/eu-launches-e10bn-space-programme-to-rival-musks-starlink\/\">EU launches \u20ac10bn space programme to rival Musk\u2019s Starlink<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,274,17342],"class_list":["post-136077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-eu","tag-rival-musks-starlink"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}