Eutelsat announces contract with Airbus for 100 satellites
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 17, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 17, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Eutelsat selects Airbus to build 100 satellites for its OneWeb LEO constellation, with deliveries starting in 2026, enhancing European satellite capabilities.
(Reuters) - French satellite company Eutelsat has chosen aerospace giant Airbus to build 100 small satellites for its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation extension, with deliveries to begin around the end of 2026.
The satellites will be technologically compatible with a planned 10.6 billion euro ($11.13 billion) secure European satellite constellation in response to Elon Musk's Starlink.
Eutelsat did not disclose financial terms of the Airbus deal.
(Reporting by Dimitri Rhodes; Editing by David Goodman)
The article discusses Eutelsat's contract with Airbus to build 100 satellites for the OneWeb LEO constellation.
The deal aims to enhance European satellite capabilities and is part of a broader initiative to compete with Starlink.
Deliveries of the satellites are expected to begin around the end of 2026.
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