toodroot t1_ixdob8t wrote on November 22, 2022 at 5:41 PM

Reply to comment by ferrel_hadley in Bruno Le Maire: Europe needs ‘unwavering unity’ against China, US in space by Soupjoe5

SES, a Luxembourgish-French company, owns Greg Wyler's pre-OneWeb constellation, O3b, which is in medium earth orbit.

ataraxo t1_ixelyqr wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:21 PM

And SES is about to launch the new generation of satellites O3b mPOWER that are built by Boeing and launched by SpaceX. The first generation was built buy Thales Alenia Space and launched on Soyuz operated by Arianespace. So they are moving away from the European space industry.