Amazon backs Ariane with rocket launch orders as Europe battles to close its space gap
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Amazon has ordered six additional launches from Europe's Arianespace as it builds out a satellite network to challenge SpaceX's Starlink, handing the continent's space industry a major commercial boost as governments push for greater sovereign capabilities.
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What happened
Amazon has ordered six additional launches from Europe's Arianespace as it builds out a satellite network to challenge SpaceX's Starlink, handing the continent's space industry a major commercial boost as governments push for greater sovereign capabilities.
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