The European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, reiterated, during his opening speech at the 13th European Space Conference on Tuesday 12 January, his desire to move forward “quickly” to develop a new space connectivity initiative, which would become the Union’s third flagship space programme alongside Galileo and Copernicus.
“My objective is to go fast. And it would therefore be appropriate for the Commission to present this year - yes, this year! - a proposal to the...