LAMPOLDSHAUSEN, Germany — The European Commission is Europe’s biggest customer for European satellites and launch services, giving it a large, if still untested, role in deciding the future of Europe’s launcher sector.
The Commission has been a vocal supporter of startup launch service providers vehicles with its Flight Ticket Initiative and wants Europe’s launcher supply to grow well beyond the current Ariane 6 heavy-lift and Vega medium-lift rockets.
It has joined with the European Space Agency’s Boost program to provide in-orbit . . .
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