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The EU intends to connect Ukraine to its GovSatCom satellite secure communications system.
The EU is negotiating with Ukraine on access to the European secure satellite communications system GOVSATCOM for civilian needs, the European Commission’s spokesperson for technological sovereignty, defense, space and countering disinformation, Toma Reignier, said.
At the EC’s daily briefing on 14 October 2026, he said that by 2029 a constellation of more than 300 IRIS² communications satellites will be fully deployed, which should enable the secure satellite communications system for governmental and military users, GOVSATCOM.
That does not mean the system will not operate before 2029. Its services are already available, and in January or early 2027 the EU intends to expand them under a temporary transitional scheme — using commercial satellite capacity.
At the briefing, there was no information on whether GOVSATCOM would be able to fully or partially replace Ukraine’s use of StarShield (the military variant of SpaceX’s satellite system intended for national security tasks).
In response to a journalist’s question, Reignier and the EC’s chief press secretary, Paula Pinho, who held the briefing, declined to answer.
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