Eutelsat ka OneWeb ke saath merger hua tha, jiski wajah se ab woh SpaceX ke Falcon 9 aur Ariane rockets par bahut depend kar rahe the. Russia-Ukraine war ki wajah se Soyuz launches band hone ke baad toh ye dependency aur badh gayi thi. Ab ISRO ka LVM3 rocket unke liye ek achha option ho sakta hai, kyunki ye kafi powerful hai aur India isko global market mein saste mein offer kar raha hai. Estimates ke hisab se, LVM3 ka ek launch lagbhag $55 million se $60 million mein ho sakta hai, jo competitors se kaafi kam hai. Yeh deal France aur India ke beech space cooperation ko bhi badhayegi.
Eutelsat ke OneWeb constellation mein ab lagbhag 648 satellites hain LEO mein, jo SpaceX ke Starlink se peeche hai jiske paas lagbhag 7,000 satellites hain. Amazon ka Project Kuiper bhi 3,200 satellites ka plan bana raha hai aur usne 80 se zyada launches book kiye hain. Starlink mostly consumers ko target karta hai, jabki Eutelsat OneWeb enterprise aur government clients ko. Global launch market $27 billion ka hone wala hai 2025 tak aur baad mein aur badhega. SpaceX abhi market ka 60% se zyada hissa control karta hai. ISRO agar Eutelsat ko launch option de payega toh yeh US aur Europe ke alawa ek naya option dega.
Lekin bhai, Eutelsat ki financial situation abhi bhi thodi shaky hai. Unka Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio -2.72 hai, matlab company abhi loss mein chal rahi hai (March 2026 tak). Market cap €2.5 billion hai aur stock pichhle saal 51% se zyada gira hai. Company ne €1.5 billion ka capital raise bhi kiya hai taaki finances strong ho sakein. Analysts ki rai mili-juli hai, koi 'Sell' keh raha hai toh koi neutral. Pichle saal dividends bhi band karne pade the.
Par company ne kaha hai ki unhone 2031 tak ka saara funding secure kar liya hai aur refinancing deals bhi poori ho gayi hain. 2026 se 2029 ke beech €4 billion ke investments ka plan hai. Jaldi hi unke paas 1,000 se zyada satellites honge. LEO services ki demand badh rahi hai, especially remote areas mein connectivity ke liye. Fiscal 2025-26 ke pehle half mein LEO business revenue 60% badha hai. India ka goal hai space economy ko $44 billion tak le jaane ka 2033 tak, jo ISRO ke liye achha hai.