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The cooperation agreement places an emphasis on defense technology and energy security. Under the new terms, Ukraine will expand its access to Finnish satellite capabilities through direct collaboration with telecommunications technology giant Nokia and satellite provider ICEYE.

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Earlier this month, ICEYE and Nokia announced a partnership to develop secure, sovereign and high-performance broadband low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications systems for governments, supporting missions from defense and border security to emergency services and disaster response. Built on trusted European technology, the jointly developed satellite communications systems will give nations ownership and control of satellites, ground segment and terminals.

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

France and Japan put up a rocket quarterly right now, at best. SpaceX is doing 6-8 launches every month. The only realistic path for commercial access to space is through muskrat (who ICEYE uses now) or russia, that's a problem while trying to maintain a sovereign LEO constellation. Satellites have to be always going up to replace the ones coming down. I hope Europe can ramp up quickly.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

SpaceX did 165 falcon 9 launches last year, the majority were starlink.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Appreciate that correction, I was only guesstimating. That's so many launches geez

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Its pretty wild ya.