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# Austria funds GATE Space to build its first military satellite
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-02-austria-beaconsat-funding/
- Published: 2026-03-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:51:03.000Z
- Description: Austria's government confirmed roughly EUR 0.75 million in funding, via Austria Wirtschaftsservice, for startup GATE Space to build BEACONSAT, Austria's first military satellite, meant to detect GPS and Galileo jamming and spoofing, launch due February 2027.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (Austria) press release, 2 March 2026](https://www.bmimi.gv.at/en/service/press/releases/2026/0302-beaconsat.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any satellite has launched or reached orbit; the launch remains scheduled for 2027.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who made the parts. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 1 of 3 (small), Verified counts in full: weight +4 of 36 possible. Austria funds Austrian firm to build its first military sat; funded, small, unlaunched. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)