UK to Invest €163 Million in Europe's Starlink Rival Eutelsat
The additional funds bring the amount the low-Earth-orbit satellite company has raised to €1.5 billion, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The French government, Bharti Space, CMA CGM and Fonds Stratégique de Participations announced they would invest €1.35 billion last month in a deal to help the company build out its fleet of satellites.
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