Europe's Space Sovereignty Gap: A Call to Action for Constellation Europe

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Europe relies on non-European satellites for security, lacking strategic autonomy.
The author proposes 'Constellation Europe,' a federated network of over 1,000 European-owned satellites for sovereign space-based intelligence, citing ICEYE's rapid deployment to Poland as a model.

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Europe relies on non-European satellites for security, lacking strategic autonomy. The author proposes 'Constellation Europe,' a federated network of over 1,000 European-owned satellites for sovereign space-based intelligence, citing ICEYE's rapid deployment to Poland as a model.

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