A substantial portion of the project will be carried out in Luxembourg.

Portugal officially created its space agency in 2019 and has been a full member of the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2000.

The two satellites will be part of the Atlantic Constellation, which includes eight small Earth observation satellites to be put into orbit by Spain and Portugal.

CEiiA paid $18 million for the speedy delivery of its new satellites.

Satellogic is building two satellites for the Portuguese government agency, the Centre of Engineering and Product Development (CEiiA).

Portugal is contributing €204.8 million ($238.9 million) to ESA's budget for the 2026-2030 period, marking a 51% increase over the previous budget period.

Portugal's Air Force signed an agreement with ICEYE to buy a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite as part of its first-ever satellite acquisition.

The SAR satellite acquisition is part of the initiative for the future Atlantic Constellation.

CEiiA has a strategic collaboration agreement with the Portuguese Air Force.

The Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act defines an asteroid resource as a space resource found on or within a single asteroid.

The US codified the right of US citizens to own property in outer space under the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act in 2015.

Commercial actors in the space industry desire to build data centers in orbit.

Section 10 of the Artemis Accords allows for the utilization and extraction of space resources.

The Artemis Accords allow possession, use, development, and exclusion rights in outer space.

The next seismic territorial expansion is expected to occur off-Earth in outer space.

The Outer Space Treaty states that there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies.

Section 11 of the Artemis Accords permits the creation of temporary exclusion zones, known as safety zones.

Private individuals and non-governmental organizations may attempt to assert claims of ownership under US law regarding private ownership of space resources.

The doctrine of adverse possession could allow individuals or organizations to claim ownership of territory in outer space after continuous possession for a certain period.

The US aims to establish a permanent lunar base and a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030.

The Outer Space Treaty prohibits parties from engaging in national appropriation of outer space by claim of sovereignty.

Airbus OneWeb Satellites built more than 600 OneWeb satellites that are currently in orbit.

On 17 December 2024, Eutelsat awarded Airbus a contract to purchase 100 satellites.

The SpaceRISE consortium comprises European satellite operators Eutelsat, SES, and Hispasat.

The order indicates Eutelsat's move to convert newly secured funding into concrete procurement decisions in support of its planned expansion of low Earth orbit offerings.

In January 2024, Airbus purchased OneWeb’s share in Airbus OneWeb Satellites from Eutelsat.

Airbus OneWeb Satellites was established to build a constellation of 900 satellites for the OneWeb low Earth orbit megaconstellation.

The new satellites will integrate technology upgrades that will enable greater efficiency and flexibility.

On 12 January 2026, Eutelsat expanded its initial order by a further 340 satellites, bringing the total to 440 satellites.

In September 2023, Eutelsat completed its acquisition of OneWeb.

Eutelsat's order marks the company's first major industrial contract since its €1.5 billion capital raise.

The European Space Agency announced the successful completion of the IRIS2 project’s System Requirements Review at the end of last year.

The European Commission awarded the contract to build the IRIS2 satellite communications constellation to the SpaceRISE consortium in October 2024.

In 2016, Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb founded a joint venture called Airbus OneWeb Satellites.

Production of the 100 satellites is expected to begin in early 2026, with deliveries slated to start by the end of that year.

Deliveries of the 440 satellites are still expected to begin before the end of 2026.

The new satellites will be manufactured at Airbus’s Toulouse facility on a newly installed production line.

The European Space Agency is conducting the Service Review for the IRIS2 project, which is expected to be completed by the end of January.

The mission will support several innovative technology demonstrations as part of the In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation (IOD/IOV) Program.

The Σyndeo-3 mission is funded by the European Union.

The Σyndeo-3 satellite is built with Redwire’s Hammerhead LEO spacecraft platform, which has 50 years of in-orbit performance without failure.

The Σyndeo-3 satellite mission is scheduled for launch in Q4 FY2026.

Redwire’s facility in Belgium has over 50 years of heritage in developing spacecraft platforms for ESA programs.

Redwire integrated 10 technology demonstration payloads funded by the European Commission for the Σyndeo-3 mission.

The Σyndeo-3 satellite features Redwire’s third-generation Advanced Data and Power Management System (ADPMS-3) avionics.

Redwire is the prime contractor for the Σyndeo-3 mission.

The Σyndeo-3 spacecraft was built and integrated at Redwire’s facility in Kruibeke, Belgium.

Σyndeo-3 is scheduled to launch from Andøya Space in Norway in Q4 2026 on Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launch vehicle.

After payload integration, the Σyndeo-3 spacecraft will undergo a comprehensive series of system-level tests.

Every spacecraft used for ESA’s Proba-1, Proba-2, Proba-V, and Proba-3 missions has been developed and integrated at Redwire’s Belgium facility.