Eutelsat "Next" — a 528-satellite NGSO constellation filed with the FCC
As the brief logged it
, additive to the existing 440-satellite Airbus OneWeb replenishment order (1,220km altitude, in design, potential optical inter-satellite links). Only surfaced to this desk this week via Space Intel Report (07-15, now date-confirmed) independently corroborated by DataCenterDynamics — clears the SIR demotion bar (confirmed pub date + independent corroborator) — but the underlying FCC filing itself is 10 days old at brief time, past the >7-day never-push threshold, so it is logged here rather than pushed. Zero prior desk mentions found (grepped briefs/ for "528" and "Eutelsat.*Next") — genuine desk gap, same pattern as the Project Bromo miss (retro 07-15). Recommend retro assess for a dossier/thread note under Satellite consolidation wave.
Provenance
Logged in the brief of 16 July 2026.
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