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# CEPA fellows say EU Space Act cannot close Europe's launch capability gap
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-03-cepa-eu-space-act-transatlantic-star-wars/
- Published: 2026-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:55:34.000Z
- Description: CEPA fellows Federico Borsari and Maria-Doriana Gheorghe argue the EU Space Act, replacing 13 national laws, chiefly binds Starlink while exempting Galileo and IRIS2, yet leaves Europe far behind Starlink's fleet of over 7,000 satellites.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #abroad, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted [CEPA analysis, 3 April 2026](https://cepa.org/article/transatlantic-star-wars/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This op-ed does not report a vote, adoption or funding decision on the EU Space Act itself.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. No move: opinion on EU Space Act's effect on space sovereignty; binding 1, scale 3.. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)