Connectivity for the mobility sector as main focus

Like China and the U.S., an independent Europe needs its own secure communications constellation in space. Keywords from the catalog of services for commercial services here are #autonomousdriving and the #internetofthings ; institutional applications range from civil to military use.?The innovation potential of the European #NewSpace sector for the large-scale project is enormous as also underlined by this week's ESA Council at Ministerial level record 17% raise of budget. The core of this NewSpace approach is the principle of realizing an overall concept from several sub-constellations for specific commercial application areas in each case.

The goal here is to sell the users the desired performance, but not the taxpayer the entire technology

Taken together, they result in a #satellite constellation with sufficient capacity for secure private as well as government applications, and this at extremely competitive prices. The goal here is to sell the users the desired performance, but not the taxpayer the entire technology. Behind this is also the largest innovation potential of the network of startups and small and medium-sized space companies in Europe like UNIO Enterprise.

Data security can only be ensured by a dedicated European solution

The central starting point for UNIO Enterprise's revolutionary offering to Europe's business community and institutions: commercial satcom services for the #mobility sector on land, at sea and in the air. In Europe's automotive sector alone, the market volume here is expected to grow to over 14 billion euros by 2030 - and only a dedicated European solution can ensure data security and independent operation for European users.?

The value of the European Commission's initiative cannot be overestimated - on the one hand for the security and economic development capability of the continent, and on the other hand for the formation of an urgently needed new ecosystem of the space industry with strong involvement of the innovation potential of startups and #SMEs; the EU Commission even formulates guarantees for this in analogy to the priorities of German politics as well. For the realization, we emphatically rely on the principle of competition as a counter design to any kind of monopoly commissioning. Investing a little in competition at the beginning saves many times that cost in the end.?

UNIO Enterprise is setting the pace: A first demonstration mission of two satellites is scheduled already for 2024, followed by the deployment of the planned infrastructure starting in 2025. Key to the economics of it all is NewSpace's proven lever of verticalization.

????♂?Christian Lindener contributed to this article, CEO at UNIO Enterprise