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European Commission funds three studies into mobile responsive launch

The European Commission awarded three ten-month feasibility studies, led by PwC France, GMV Aerospace and Defence, and Sirius Space Services, worth a combined EUR 1.89 million, into a mobile responsive launch system for rapid satellite replenishment.

Reported Editor-read European Spaceflight, 30 January 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that any mobile launch system will proceed beyond these feasibility studies.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. EUR1.89m feasibility studies only; no launch system committed to. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-17. How the record is made

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