{"id":17543,"date":"2023-10-24T17:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/spacex-signs-deal-to-launch-key-european-satellites-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T17:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:30:06","slug":"spacex-signs-deal-to-launch-key-european-satellites-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/spacex-signs-deal-to-launch-key-european-satellites-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX signs deal to launch key European satellites | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX has signed a deal to launch up to four of Europe’s flagship navigation and secure communications satellites into orbit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, along with EU member states, must still give final approval for the deal, the report added, citing officials.<\/p>\n

SpaceX and the European Space Agency recently signed an agreement for two launches next year, each carrying two Galileo satellites, Javier Benedicto, the agency’s director of navigation told the Journal.<\/p>\n

The agreement calls for the satellites to be launched on SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket from the US, he added.<\/p>\n

SpaceX, and the European Commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

European space officials said last month they face\u00a0crucial timing decisions\u00a0in the coming weeks on the return to flight of Europe’s flagship space launchers following a series of delays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n