{
  "id": 260964,
  "title": "Hispasat awarded the largest contract in the Iris² satellite program for 1.6 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/hispasat-se-adjudica-el-mayor-contrato-del-programa-satelital-iris2",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-07T08:35:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais Economia",
    "slug": "el-pais-economia",
    "url": "https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2026-08-07/hispasat-se-adjudica-el-mayor-contrato-del-programa-satelital-iris-por-1600-millones.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The European Commission, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the industrial consortium SpaceRISE — made up of Spanish company Hispasat, French company Eutelsat and Luxembourg-based SES — have concluded negotiations for the development and deployment of the Iris ² satellite constellation. As part of the agreement, Hispasat has been designated as the prime contractor for the antenna infrastructure, control systems and connection with ground networks, a project that has a budget of over €1.6 billion. In addition, the company, which is controlled by Indra with almost 90% of the shares, will allocate up to €600 million of its own investment to lead the very low Earth orbit (Low LEO) layer and secure the exploitation rights of satellite communications in non-geostationary orbits in regions of high strategic value.",
  "summary": "Indra's subsidiary will coordinate the antenna infrastructure, control systems and connection to the ground networks of the European constellation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}