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We are taking high-speed internet to the space 🚀

This week, the European Parliament adopted our proposal to deploy IRIS² – the new EU satellite constellation.

It will bring connectivity to all of Europe, including rural areas.

Along with the Galileo and Copernicus space programmes, IRIS² will create a sovereign and secure communication service for our Union and its partners.

The private and public sectors will join forces to make it fully operational by 2027.

➡️ https://europa.eu/!q8chMc

Meercat

@EU_Commission Very good

caseyjonesed

@EU_Commission Do not let corporations control this asset.

Ossie Rinning

@EU_Commission
Oh well, another #Tories #Brexit benefit I suppose

Plot terrifiant

@EU_Commission will everyone have access to this in Europe ? (regardless of any price)

phryk (DM me "bread" 🏴)

@EU_Commission

Ah yes, a "me too" project inspired by one of the most insipid billionaires around with increased border surveillance for Fortress Europe and a dash of Kessler syndrome on the side for good measure.

Meanwhile, I'd be fine if you dipshits could just stop forcing ever more dystopian surveillance down your citizens throats… but we all know that ain't gonna happen.

anlomedad

@EU_Commission

Quote from this thread: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/109876033195836611

"Oh god I redid the math on re-entries:

Each #Starlink v2 sat weighs 1250kg. They plan to have 42,000 of them in orbit.

Each satellite has a planned lifetime of 5 years. That means they'll be de-orbiting and replacing ALL of them every 5 years.

That comes to 23 sats per day, which is 29 TONS OF SATELLITE every day.

It doesn't go away, it gets added to the upper atmosphere. Most of the mass is aluminum. What the hell is that going to do?

WHY THE FUCK IS THIS OK?! "

A satellite burning up in the atmosphere litters it with aluminum oxide. And this kills the ozone layer. While more UV spells cancer for all living beings, it also heats the planet further, AND all the ecocide and energy that went into mining all the materials in such a "short-lived" satellite is wasted. Lost to us forever. No recycling possible. Also: nothing grows in an abandoned bauxite mine. Nothing.

But I reckon, the EU, just like Musk, has found a Planet B, eh?