{"id":47225,"date":"2026-04-07T18:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/is-europe-moving-fast-enough-to-close-its-space-defense-gaps\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:37:34","slug":"is-europe-moving-fast-enough-to-close-its-space-defense-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/is-europe-moving-fast-enough-to-close-its-space-defense-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Europe Moving Fast Enough to Close its Space Defense Gaps?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is building up its military powers, possibly aiming to attack NATO within the next four years. Europe is responding to the threat, rushing to patch its many defense gaps, including those in space. Still, Europe\u2019s progress may be too slow to get things done in time.<\/p>\n<p>Weaponry factories&nbsp;in Russia are running full steam, churning out tanks, artillery, missiles, and drones, intelligence reports suggest. The nation\u2019s military&nbsp;bases near the eastern flank&nbsp;of NATO are growing, satellite images reveal, leading analysts to worry that swaths of European land along the Russian border might be at risk of becoming Ukraine-style war zones in the not so distant future.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_04050126_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Via Satellite April\/May 2026 Issue\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_04050126_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_04050126_DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_04050126_DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_04050126_DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the April\/May 2026 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>Although countries in the region including Poland, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania have made strides, working on defenses against explosives-laden quadcopters and long-range attack drones, much slower progress is being made to ensure Europe has its own assets in space to keep its militaries connected in the case of escalation.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s dependence on American space technology has been widely discussed since the beginning of Donald Trump\u2019s second presidential term. It\u2019s not just SpaceX\u2019s Starlink mega-constellation, the access to which was allegedly used as a bargaining chip in the negotiations of the infamous&nbsp;rare minerals deal in 2025. Ukraine also depends on a constant stream of intelligence images from U.S.-controlled, commercial and governmental Earth Observation (EO) satellites, which provide near real-time insights about the moves of Russia\u2019s troops. As things stand today, Europe is equally dependent on U.S. space tech. And although investment into space defense systems has gained momentum, things may not be moving fast enough and, in some areas, Russia and Ukraine may both be leaping ahead of Europe.<\/p>\n<h3>The Drone Control Problem<\/h3>\n<p>Aware of the vulnerability its dependency on the U.S. presents, Ukraine wants to build up its own resources in collaboration with partners in Europe to create a measure of sovereignty in space. An Earth observation constellation is being developed jointly by Ukraine and partner countries, mostly those from the former Eastern block, mostly those along the Russian border, to provide near-real time intelligence to Ukraine and its partners.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a0729839;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a0729839 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a072983b').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a072983b'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Expected to consist of \u201cat least 32 satellites,\u201d the constellation will use optical sensors and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observations to provide images in all weather conditions and in the dark, according to Eugen Rokytsky, the head of the Ukrainian Aerospace Clusters\u2019 Alliance, who spearheads the development. The first satellite of the constellation is expected to launch in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, Ukraine and its partner countries are planning to launch a constellation of 245 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) internet-beaming satellites to allow Ukrainian forces to control drones without access to Starlink. The first satellite of the planned constellation, dubbed UASAT LEO, is scheduled to launch in October,&nbsp;according to Ukrainian satcom expert&nbsp;Volodymyr Stepanets.<\/p>\n<p>The use of satcom to extend the range of reconnaissance and kamikaze drones and ground robots is possibly the most significant space-tech innovation that has come out of the war in Ukraine and has been solely enabled by SpaceX\u2019s Starlink. Some 300,000 Starlink terminals are currently deployed in Ukraine, making the beleaguered country by far the largest user of Starlink services in the world, according to Stepanets. Out of that number, 100,000 terminals are used by the defense forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarlink really saved our country,\u201d Stepanets told&nbsp;<em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cStarlink changed the battlefield, it changed the paradigm. Any instrument, any machine and any actor on the battlefield is now a content provider. At the same time, real-time communication provided the possibility for direct drone management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>None of the solutions currently available in Europe, Stepanets said, can do what Starlink does. Traditional military Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites provide limited uplink speeds and suffer from latencies that prevent real-time control of drones and ground robots.<\/p>\n<p>Eutelsat\u2019s OneWeb constellation, the only Europe-owned LEO alternative to Starlink, has an order of magnitude lower capacity and relies on terminals that just don\u2019t cut it for drone warfare. Even the smallest of existing OneWeb terminals weigh in excess of 10 kilograms, almost ten times as much as Starlink\u2019s Mini terminal. While Starlink Mini costs around $450, the cheapest of existing OneWeb terminals comes at a price of more than $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Stepanets says that other, specialist European providers began making inroads into the drone satcom space, but are unable to manufacture terminals at scale and drop their prices enough to be affordable to guide one-way attack drone missions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine uses hundreds of deep strike drones every day,\u201d said Stepanets. \u201cThat\u2019s a lot of terminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Stassin, European Defence Agency\u2019s (EDA) Project Officer for Space and Space Situational Awareness, told&nbsp;<em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em> that the planned 10 billion euros ($11.5 billion) IRIS\u00b2 (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) LEO constellation \u201cis expected to fulfil\u201d the need for satcom drone control. But that constellation, to consist of 290 satellites, will not be ready to launch before 2030.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a0729ca9;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a0729ca9 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a0729caa').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a0729caa'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Russia, in the meantime, has already begun launching its own LEO constellation to enable drone control without access to Starlink, according to media reports. That project has probably gained urgency after SpaceX agreed to a registration scheme in Ukraine, which allows only whitelisted terminals to operate in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have managed to put into LEO an experimental formation of small communication satellites, which they are actually already testing,\u201d Rokytsky said. \u201cThe main purpose of this constellation is to control drones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Gunter\u2019s Space Page, the constellation, called Rassvet, currently has three satellites in orbit. Additional 16 satellites are expected to launch in the coming months. By 2027, the constellation could grow to over 300 spacecraft.<\/p>\n<h3>New Paradigms for Europe<\/h3>\n<p>Although Europe as a whole responds to the geopolitical crisis at its traditional glacial pace, faster progress appears to be materializing on the level of individual nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a worry that the collective European movement toward better space capabilities through the super-national body of the EU has been quite slow,\u201d Luke Wyles, a space industry analyst at the Analysys Mason consultancy, tells&nbsp;<em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cSo, individual countries are moving on their own terms and sort of propelling their own national satellite programmes, which have existed for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In September last year, the German government announced plans to invest 35 billion euros ($40.6 billion) over the next five years into military space systems, an order of magnitude increase compared to the country\u2019s previous space defense spending and an equivalent of the five-year budget of the entire European Space Agency.<\/p>\n<p>In its 45-page&nbsp;Space Defence and Security Strategy, published in November last year, Germany outlined a wide range of technologies it intends to develop as well as a wider scope of international cooperation geared toward increasing Europe\u2019s resilience and sovereignty in space.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the head of German Space Command Michael Traut&nbsp;revealed to Reuters&nbsp;that Germany wants to build a secure military communication constellation of more than 100 satellites called SATCOM Stage 4. The constellation, to be developed \u201cover the next few years,\u201d will complement Germany\u2019s existing duo of GEO satcom satellites of the SATCOMBw program.<\/p>\n<p>France, too, boosted its space defense spending last year, albeit with a less impressive increase of 4.2 billion euros ($5 billion) for the 2026\u20132030 period, bringing the total planned military space budget to around 10.2 billion ($12.1 billion). France previously invested 526.4 million euros ($605 million) into OneWeb\u2019s next generation constellation, becoming the venture\u2019s largest stakeholder.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a072a063;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a072a063 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a072a064').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a072a064'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.K. is talking about \u201cthe largest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War era\u201d with 270 billion pounds ($359 billion) to be invested in defense over the next three years, according to a Ministry of Defence spokesperson. Around 4.2 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) will go into developing the next generation of constellation Skynet, which provides secure military communications from GEO.<\/p>\n<p>Wyles says that although the increased spending in space defense technology is \u201ca good sign,\u201d the U.S. \u201cspending and capability dwarfs the European position.\u201d On top of that, he added, Europe might lack a manufacturing base to meet the challenges in time.<\/p>\n<h3>New Players Emerging<\/h3>\n<p>In the EO sector a new trend has emerged of smaller countries taking advantage of advances achieved by new space companies, acquiring assets that would previously be unavailable to them. Powering this trend is Finland-headquartered Iceye, which has expanded from a provider of SAR imagery to a manufacturer of satellites for third-party clients.<\/p>\n<p>Iceye\u2019s Senior Vice President for Missions Sales Joost Elstak, told&nbsp;<em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>&nbsp;that the company is now working with seven European nations including Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Portugal and Greece, who have all purchased EO satellites for their militaries over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our particular domain, we\u2019re seeing a lot of countries who are fairly new to space being able to move very fast because they don\u2019t have any legacy systems or legacy thinking on how a system should be used,\u201d Elstak told&nbsp;<em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cThese types of systems previously would be available maybe to the top five or top ten GDP countries in the world who could support a multi-billion euro type development for intelligence. We\u2019re seeing now actually in Europe that the small and mid-sized countries are utilizing this capability that we\u2019ve made available faster than some of the bigger nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iceye, which has to date launched 64 satellites in total of its own constellation and for its customers\u2019 (they refuse to specify the size of their current fleet), advocates for a federated approach to Europe\u2019s sovereign intelligence gathering, which could harness the faster momentum available on the national level compared to the pan-EU approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are different ways to build a big system that could support Europe,\u201d Elstak said. \u201cYou can define it top down, set a huge requirement, and it takes years to define, to reach a compromise and build the system. But our belief is that by giving everybody a sovereign capability of a couple of satellites, we allow these systems to work together in a virtual, federated constellation, which can get you to tens or hundreds of satellites through pooling and sharing information together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iceye is busy at work scaling up their manufacturing facilities to meet the expected demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re currently ramping up to build 50 satellites this year,\u201d Elstak said. \u201cIt will probably grow further in the future as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a072a459;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a679a072a459 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a072a45a').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a679a072a45a'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other European companies, especially those based in countries near the Russian border, are positioning themselves as thought-leaders, putting pressure on the European super-national structures to sort out their act and \u201cde\u2011bureaucratize\u201d their procurement processes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMomentum is growing across Europe, and industry already has the technological backbone to materially reduce dependencies,\u201d Trond Hegrestad, Vice President of Small Satellites at Kongsberg Defence &amp; Aerospace, which absorbed the Lithuanian small-sat manufacturer NanoAvionics in 2022. \u201cWhat we need now are predictable multi\u2011year programs and innovation funding, streamlined procurement and regulatory rules for cross\u2011border consortia, and focused investment in critical enablers such as responsive launch, resilient satellite buses and secure ground segments.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Race to Catch Up<\/h3>\n<p>EDA\u2019s Stassin said Europe is fully aware of its vulnerabilities and committed to reducing its dependency on U.S. strategic space assets by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not achieve that from one day to another,\u201d Stassin said. \u201cBut there has already been a huge amount of work undertaken on critical space technology to address those vulnerabilities, check the dependencies and close them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The urgency to find solutions has only increased in recent months after U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his ambition to take over Greenland from Denmark. That threat risks shattering the foundation of the NATO defense block, of which the U.S. has been the greatest guarantor for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the timeline of Europe\u2019s re-arming will match that of those other players in the geopolitical arena, is a question that concerns observers. The Russian arms race certainly shows no signs of stopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope is quite awake to what they need to do, or at least to the fact that it\u2019s quite far behind,\u201d said Wyles. \u201cIf anything there just needs to be some continued realism about the position that we find ourselves in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rokytsky added: \u201cIf we compare the analytic reports that set the timeline for a potential Russian attack [on EU] and the deployment of [Europe\u2019s sovereign] space assets, there is definitely a mismatch. Europe has been relying too long on the strategic transatlantic partnership and the timing to close the capacity gap is too short.\u201d&nbsp;<strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 403349:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eLaTG8xReWKi5gdbEJ4G_VS_04050126_DGTL_2-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eLaTG8xReWKi5gdbEJ4G_VS_04050126_DGTL_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eLaTG8xReWKi5gdbEJ4G_VS_04050126_DGTL_2-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eLaTG8xReWKi5gdbEJ4G_VS_04050126_DGTL_2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eLaTG8xReWKi5gdbEJ4G_VS_04050126_DGTL_2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s Unanimous: Space Already Functions as Critical Infrastructure<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 403346:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sYJmDO0bToeLSDkw9peJ_VS_04050126_DGTL_5-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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