17 September 2026 – The European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), located in Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, hosted today’s official launch event and contract-signing ceremony for the consolidation phase of the IRIS² Low-LEO Pre-Operational and De-Risk Activities under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Programme Related to EU Secure Connectivity. In this context, Enrique Fraga, GMV’s General Manager of Space Systems, signed the agreement, reaffirming GMV’s leadership in the ARGUS project. Europe’s growing reliance on space-based services, increasingly congested orbits, and rising levels of radio-frequency interference are driving the need for sovereign capabilities to monitor both the orbital environment and the radio-frequency spectrum used by critical communications and infrastructure. Read more