# Eutelsat announces contract with Airbus for 100 satellites
Published: 2024-12-18
Category: Headlines
Category URL: https://business.express/category/headlines/
Meta Title: Eutelsat selects Airbus for OneWeb satellite expansion
Meta Description: Eutelsat partners with Airbus to expand its OneWeb constellation, challenging SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's Project Kuiper. Deliveries to begin in late 2026.
URL: https://business.express/eutelsat-announces-contract-with-airbus-for-100-satellites/

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(Reuters) -French satellite company Eutelsat has chosen aerospace giant Airbus to build 100 small satellites for its OneWeb constellation extension, with deliveries to begin around the end of 2026.

OneWeb is a European constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO)  communications satellites acquired by Eutelsat in 2023 to rival the likes of Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper.

Airbus has so far built built 648 small satellites for OneWeb.

The satellites will also be technologically compatible with a planned 10.6 billion euro ($11.13 billion) secure European satellite constellation called IRIS², due to enter service in 2030.

Eutelsat did not disclose financial terms of the Airbus deal.

(Reporting by Dimitri RhodesEditing by David Goodman)


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