• Eutelsat secured a larger role in Europe’s IRIS² sovereign connectivity programme, leading the LEO segment within the SpaceRISE consortium.
• Planned investment totals EUR 3.39 billion from 2027-2034, split between shared IRIS² infrastructure and commercial Ku-related infrastructure.
• In exchange, it expects access to more than twice current OneWeb capacity, targeting over EUR 10 billion of revenue in 2032-2040.
• IRIS² Ka-only satellite launches start in 2029; the commercial Ku LEO constellation is slated to be fully operational by mid-2032.
• Separately, OneWeb is set to be extended through 2034 via 229 additional satellites, alongside 440 already procured GEN1 satellites, for about EUR 1 billion.

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