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EU Moves to Fast-Track European Satellite Rival to Muskโ€™s SpaceX (www.pymnts.com)
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The initiative comes as European policymakers face mounting pressure to establish greater control over communications infrastructure considered essential to national security, economic resilience and military operations.

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Europeโ€™s reliance on U.S. satellite services has become particularly sensitive following reported disruptions affecting satellite communications used by Ukraine. ...

European satellite operators, including Eutelsat and SES, are increasingly viewed as important participants in the continentโ€™s efforts to reduce its dependence on foreign communications networks.

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[โ€“] -4 points 6 days ago* (2 children)

The American lead is vast. This seems like an opportunity for Bezos. He could get the EU to subsidize the Amazon satellite program by giving the EU full control of the system, while allowing Amazon traffic through, for free, in perpetuity.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 child)

    Is this sarcasm?

    How does this make things better?

    It hands a vital service over to an American company that can then strong-arm the UK/EU into other dubious decisions. This would absolutely be the worst solution due the US now controlling the EU satellite architecture.

    It's what currently got us here in the first place - the over reliance on the US.

    You realise Bezos is just as equally culpable as Musk in Trump's reign? He's on his kneels and sucked that mushroom just as much as Elon.

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