Major satellite players and telcos aim to run IRIS²

A number of major satellite companies, telecoms operators and others have come together to bid for the right to implement the EU’s IRIS² low-earth orbit satellite project.
The consortium this week announced that it will be run by Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES and Thales Alenia Space, with the backing of a core team from Deutsche Telekom, OHB, Orange, Hisdesat, Telespazio, and Thales. The group is responding to the publication of a tender the tender published by the