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European Union use. Tuesday, European industry players dug into how the collaboration and the constellation may turn out during the SATELLITE 2021’s EMEA + Asia Digital Forum.
Dominic Hayes, who works on spectrum management and international relations for the European Commission, said that as other constellations in development, like
SpaceX Starlink, or
Telesat Lightspeed, are not European, it creates a challenge for European member states, who want to provide secure connectivity across Europe. This led to the European Commission’s study to investigate its own constellation.
“The key objectives are to make broadband available everywhere in the EU, places where it’s not feasible or economic to provide terrestrial coverage. There are still places in Europe that don’t have the necessary coverage,” Hayes said of the system’s goals. “We see a need for secure connectivity for government-type applications, be it networks, police, military, government users. T