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Re:Europe plans to squeeze out Starlink by gigaparsec on Friday October 30, 2026 @05:47AM (#50301706)
That's funny. How many years behind is the EU in having a LEO constellation that could support direct-to-cell? 6 years at the earliest but that's optimistic.

Keep innovating, EU bureautards!

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Re:Europe plans to squeeze out Starlink by JumpCrisscross on Friday October 30, 2026 @06:00AM (#50301817)
IRIS2 was stuck in bureaukistan, but 2026 kicked it into production [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS%C2%B2

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Re:Europe plans to squeeze out Starlink by inemesitaffia on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:13AM (#50349374)
There's a relevant merger pushed to 2027
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Re:Europe plans to squeeze out Starlink by wewxjfq on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:41AM (#50302619)
It's about independence, not innovation. Europe would have no need for this if the US hadn't gone rogue state. You make it sound like a race but it was just one guy running. Now it's two. And for deployment the EU schedule seems to be on par with SpaceX timeline, so it seems like the hottest company in the world only operates at bureaucratic EU snails pace.
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