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SpaceRISE, the consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat, and SES, together with other core members, is pleased to announce it has been awarded by the European Commission to design, deliver, and operate IRIS\u00b2, the European Union\u2019s pioneering multi-orbit connectivity system. This milestone represents a crucial step towards establishing a secure, resilient, and autonomous communications infrastructure for Europe.<\/p>\n
IRIS\u00b2 will play a transformative role in reinforcing Europe\u2019s resilience, digital sovereignty, and low-latency connectivity for all EU Member States. This IRIS\u00b2 multi-orbit satellite system is intended to enhance Europe\u2019s ability to respond to crises, protect essential infrastructure, and bridge the digital divide. With full operational status targeted for the early 2030s, IRIS\u00b2 will deliver a secure and competitive communications backbone aligned with Europe\u2019s strategic and digital priorities.<\/p>\n
The IRIS2 programme is a public-private partnership (PPP) that will be funded by a combination of EU, European Space Agency, and private financing from the three satellite operators within the SpaceRISE consortium. The consortium looks forward to the procurement process’s final phase, leading to contract signature expected by the year end.<\/p>\n
Eva Berneke, CEO of <\/strong>Eutelsat<\/strong>, commented: \u201cThe IRIS\u00b2 program is a powerful extension of Eutelsat\u2019s commitment to advancing Europe\u2019s digital sovereignty through sustained investment in multi-orbit technology to deliver multi-layered, low-latency networks, which are essential to Europe\u2019s strategic resilience. We are proud to support the EU on this project alongside the consortium partners to deliver a resilient, future-ready communication system that meets Europe\u2019s most critical connectivity needs while generating value-creation for Eutelsat and its stakeholders by complementing and enhancing our existing LEO capabilities.”<\/p>\n Miguel \u00c1ngel Panduro, Chief Executive Officer of <\/strong>Hispasat<\/strong> added: “We are firmly committed to everything that IRIS\u00b2 represents: a sovereign secure communications system, supported by European innovative developments and driven by public-private partnership. It is an ambitious project, in which the companies of the SpaceRISE consortium are working to offer the best response to the demands of the European Union. This award is an exciting first step of a project that will define the future of satellite communications in Europe.”<\/p>\n Adel Al-Saleh, Chief Executive Officer of SES<\/strong> said: \u201cBeing selected as a trusted partner for IRIS\u00b2 is an honor. SpaceRISE, based on the European Union\u2019s requirements will define and develop a future-proof space network that will serve as the cornerstone of Europe\u2019s space and defence strategies in the years to come. The IRIS\u00b2 system is aligned with SES\u2019s multi-orbit network and underscores our commitment to advancing our MEO capabilities, as well as having access to LEO orbit. We will continue to ensure that the contract meets our IRR requirements, cash generation fundamentals, and investment grade metrics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SpaceRISE, the consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat, and SES, together with other core members, is pleased to announce it has been awarded by the European Commission to design, deliver, and operate IRIS\u00b2, the European Union\u2019s pioneering multi-orbit connectivity system. This milestone represents a crucial step towards establishing a secure, resilient, and autonomous communications infrastructure for Europe. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,38,20],"class_list":["post-6373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-leo","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}