{"id":57486,"date":"2021-05-21T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/european-commission-leo-initiative-begins-to-take-shape\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:35:46","slug":"european-commission-leo-initiative-begins-to-take-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/european-commission-leo-initiative-begins-to-take-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission LEO Initiative Begins to Take Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission made news at the close of 2020 by announcing a consortium of industry players to study the build of a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) system for European Union use. European industry players dug into how the collaboration and the constellation may turn out during the SATELLITE 2021\u2019s EMEA + Asia Digital Forum on Tuesday, May 18.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s study to investigate its own constellation.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/g8OKuSSGuiL64al7Cfdw_EMEA20Digital20Show20Daily-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/g8OKuSSGuiL64al7Cfdw_EMEA20Digital20Show20Daily-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/g8OKuSSGuiL64al7Cfdw_EMEA20Digital20Show20Daily-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/g8OKuSSGuiL64al7Cfdw_EMEA20Digital20Show20Daily-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/g8OKuSSGuiL64al7Cfdw_EMEA20Digital20Show20Daily.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2021 EMEA\/Asia Digital Forum 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>\u201cThe key objectives are to make broadband available everywhere in the EU, places where it\u2019s not feasible or economic to provide terrestrial coverage. There are still places in Europe that don\u2019t have the necessary coverage,\u201d Hayes said of the system\u2019s goals. \u201cWe see a need for secure connectivity for government-type applications, be it networks, police, military, government users. There is a whole range of activities that need to be provided with secure, autonomous connectivity.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hayes said the group of commercial players has already made initial proposals on the frequency and orbital characteristics of the system, and will be firm deliverables in the next few weeks. By the end of this year, he expects to have further plans for requirements for the constellation, and start discussions with EU member states and the European Parliament. <\/p>\n<p>In terms of the frequency of the constellation, Marc-Henri Serre, executive vice president of the Telecommunications Business for Thales Alenia Space, said Thales is \u201cdiscussing\u201d with the consortium if its own LEO filings could be used in this project, but he could not provide more specifics. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a72d2912c2f5;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_6a72d2912c2f5 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a72d2912c2f6').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a72d2912c2f6'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As this project has a variety of stakeholders and is in its nascent stages, it will be years until any satellites in the constellation are launched to orbit. Meanwhile, commercial constellations like Starlink, OneWeb, and Lightspeed will already be in operation. Yet Hayes sees this as a positive for the European initiative. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s inevitable that we will miss the initial potential available on the market, Starlink is just so far ahead of us. In some ways I actually see that as being beneficial. They are the ones that will establish the market, and we will come in later,\u201d he said. \u201cWe won\u2019t have the first-mover advantage, but we will potentially take advantage of some of the economies of scale in the development of receiver technologies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>SES CTO Ruy Pinto addressed another key question about the system \u2014 how will the collaboration be impacted by Eutelsat\u2019s investment in OneWeb? Pinto said the investment makes the landscape \u201ca little bit more complicated,\u201d but stressed that this is an example of Eutelsat investing in Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) capabilities, like SES is investing in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) capabilities with its O3b mPOWER system. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, this is not bad,\u201d Pinto said. \u201cIt may make it a little bit more complicated, but it\u2019s not necessarily bad. It\u2019s just the nature of a competitive market.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On how the public\/private partnership will work for the EU LEO system, Pinto said as a satellite operator, SES has a clear preference for a mostly private model, unlike the approach taken with Galileo and Copernicus. At the same time, it remains to be seen how the EC will deal with commercial competition, but Pinto said joint ventures or a competitive process are two options. <\/p>\n<p>Overall, Pinto believes the project will be successful because the EU is taking ownership and funding the project from the start, whereas Starlink has received U.S. government funding after the fact, and Lightspeed as well, after the system specifications were established. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat drives our confidence in the success of the initiative is that the European Commission is actually driving the use cases, the requirements. What is it that Europe needs to drive a New Space architecture?\u201d It\u2019s not post-funding. It\u2019s pre-funding, so that conversation makes it different from what\u2019s happening between the Canadian government and Telesat, and between Starlink and the U.S. government,\u201d Pinto said. <\/p>\n<p>Elodie Viau, director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications for the European Space Agency (ESA), said ESA is ready to support this project in terms of 5G, quantum computing, optical technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking at this connectivity constellation in the broader picture that\u2019s enabling these visions,\u201d Viau said. \u201cThe European Space Agency adds value in strong support to the European Commission in this partnership \u2014 like we did in other big programs \u2014 but taking the specificity of the telecom market into account.\u201d<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 517:  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