Sunday, September 13, 2026
Airbus and Thales start IRIS2 first-layer satellites
Airbus and Thales Alenia Space signed the first IRIS2 development contracts with Eutelsat for at least 66 Ka-only first-layer LEO satellites, with delivery targeted for 2029. Airbus will supply the satellite platforms and Thales the digital payloads, with assembly in Toulouse. Thales also signed a roughly 500 million euro tranche to supply governmental payloads on all 330 IRIS2 LEO satellites; Aerospacelab holds the remaining 264-satellite layer.
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