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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll

EU launches €10bn space programme to rival Musk’s Starlink

Rocket lights up launch station as it blasts off creating smoke at night
A rocket carrying a satellite for the EU's Copernicus observation programme taking off from Kourou, in French Guiana, this month. Photograph: ESA–M Pedoussaut/AFP/Getty Images

The EU has launched an ambitious €10bn (£8.3bn) space programme with a constellation of 290 satellites to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink, further widening the post-Brexit security gap with the UK.

The constellation is intended to ensure the bloc’s security for governments and armies amid increasing global concerns over cybersecurity.

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