EC detailed the 2 GHz MSS spectrum split at the European Space Forum
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At the Forum (Brussels, June 30-July 1 — outside this brief's 20h window), Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen laid out specifics beyond what's currently in priors.md: one-third of the 2 GHz MSS band ring-fenced for government/IRIS² use via a single EU operator; the remaining two-thirds split 50/50 between EU-only bidding and open bidding, with non-EU entities capped at one-third of the total band; current Inmarsat/EchoStar 2 GHz licences (expiring May 2027) to get a two-year bridge extension; and a "post-summer call for interest" to form a European industry consortium for sovereign satellite connectivity. SOURCE: SpaceWatch.GLOBAL and ITConnection/CurrentAnalysis, both dated 2026-07-01 [PRIMARY fetch blocked by proxy 403; secondary-corroborated]. This directly refines the SES-as-direct-bidder posture already in priors and adds a concrete near-term event (the consortium call, ~September) to watch. Flagging explicitly — per the routine's own process-failure history (Sharp/SES MoU dropped from carryforward, scored MISS in retro 2026-07-02b) — so this doesn't silently fall out before retro reviews it.
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Logged in the brief of 3 July 2026.
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