Germany is considering a dedicated launch facility for its armed forces
As the brief logged it
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius raised the proposal during a 2026-07-23 visit to Isar Aerospace's Munich-area facility, reported by European Spaceflight (Andrew Parsonson, named-source, 2026-07-28T14:47Z) — the stated rationale is guaranteeing military satellites don't have to compete with commercial payloads for launch capacity. This is launch infrastructure, not the satcom procurement SES/GovSat are already excluded from, but it is the same sovereignty-signal genus (Tier 1: political speeches/budget signals naming space-access control as a national-security concern) from the same MoD currently running a ~€35bn satcom program that already excludes SES. No dollar figure or timeline was given; a proposal at a facility visit is not yet a procurement action.
Provenance
Logged in the brief of 29 July 2026.
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