[IRIS2 SILENCE — ACTIVE NEGATIVE SIGNAL — EXISTENTIAL]
As the brief logged it
European Space Forum closes today (July 1, last day). No formal IRIS2 go-ahead — no SES IR filing, no EC announcement, no SpaceRISE press release — found in any source across the full sweep. Per priors doctrine: "if no SES IR or EC announcement by July 2 Forum close, treat silence as active negative signal and reassess whether SES is in exit negotiation rather than approval mode." EVP Virkkunen spoke (confirmed via Forum programme); no reported IRIS2 go-ahead. This is now the most time-sensitive open question in SES's corporate calendar. If July 2 also passes silently, the base case should shift from "approval imminent" to "SES negotiating exit terms." Manual verification of ses.com/news and Euronext SESG filings at market open is highest-priority action.
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Logged in the brief of 1 July 2026.
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