Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system.
SpaceX has reached a deal to launch four Galileo satellites next year in coordination with the European Space Agency, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Two launches on Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rockets will add to the 28 satellites currently orbiting Earth in Europe’s global navigation system. The deal still must reach a final approval by the European Union’s executive branch, which is likely to happen before the end of 2025.
’s Global Position System, China’s Beidou, and Russia’s GLONASS. This will mark the first first time in 15 years that Galileo satellites have been launched outside an E.U. territory. SpaceX CEO Musk has never before been tapped to launch European satellites containing classified equipment. The WSJ says officials in the U.S. and E.U. are in talks on an agreement to protect that classified equipment, used for European military communications.
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