Eutelsat and Europe’s Strategic Autonomy: A Satellite Investment Aligned with EU Priorities

The recent €163 million investment by the UK government in Eutelsat, a French satellite company that merged with OneWeb in 2022, must be understood within the broader context of the European Union’s strategic priorities. As the only European player capable of challenging the dominance of Elon Musk’s Starlink in the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite sector…