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  "id": 264871,
  "title": "Europe increases size and cost of IRIS² constellation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/europe-increases-size-and-cost-of-iris2-constellation",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-07T11:51:44.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "spacenews",
    "url": "https://spacenews.com/europe-increases-size-and-cost-of-iris%c2%b2-constellation/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The European Commission has reached an agreement with an industrial consortium to proceed with a secure connectivity constellation, increasing the number of satellites as well as its cost. The post Europe increases size and cost of IRIS² constellation appeared first on SpaceNews .",
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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."
}