The Government estimates its investment in the IRIS² satellite constellation at up to 2 billion euros.
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The Government plans to allocate between 1.6 billion and 2.0 billion euros to the construction and launch of a national satellite constellation within the European initiative IRIS ², according to the document presented by the Ministry of Defence after the meeting of the National Committee for Security and Technological Sovereignty.
The appropriation will be executed through the Special Modernization Program (PEM) called "multiorbit SATCOM". The project covers the development of the space segment, the terrestrial control facilities and the operational management of the system throughout its life cycle.
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