¿Puede la UE participar en la carrera espacial?

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¿Puede la UE participar en la carrera espacial?  Según la Comisión Europea, que acaba de proponer una nueva Ley Espacial, se avecina una revolución en el espacio. Aumentar la competitividad de la UE en el sector espacial es el objetivo de la nueva ley, pero ¿está dispuesto el bloque a invertir lo suficiente para liderar la carrera espacial?  MÁS INFORMACIÓN : http://es.euronews.com/2025/07/08/puede-la-ue-participar-en-la-carrera-espacial  ¡Suscríbete a nuestro canal! Euronews está disponible en 12 idiomas

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00:00La revolución se viene en el espacio, según la Comisión Europea.

00:18Para adivinar esto, la bloggera ha propuesto un nuevo acto de Space.

00:22El objetivo de la competencia en el sector del espacio es el objetivo.

00:27UDECODY te lleva a la carrera del espacio este week.

00:32El objetivo principal de la ley es lanzar y satélites,

00:35que son más importante para actividades como diversas como comunicación,

00:40navegación, meteorología y energía renovable.

00:44En 2023, la economía global de espacio fue valuada a EUR 572 billones,

00:50according to the European Space Agency.

00:53It's expected to grow by around 9% each year until 2035,

00:58when it will reach 1.6 trillion euros.

01:02But Europe lags far behind the US

01:04and has spent just 12 billion euros in public funding on the space industry,

01:09compared with 65 billion euros in the US.

01:12The same applies to private investment,

01:15980 million euros in the EU compared with 3.6 billion euros in the US.

01:21The idea is to create a single market for space,

01:27with special support for small and medium-sized companies.

01:31The competition is coming not only from the United States,

01:35but also from powers such as China and India.

01:39Let's hear what Europeans have to say about this.

01:42Yes, the space industry is important for competitiveness,

01:45productivity, so I look at it from economic terms,

01:48but not to exploit the space with no rules.

01:51I think it's a good idea to increase funding,

01:54especially for ESA, and to compete in satellite industries.

01:58It seems that we don't count a lot in this moment

02:01if we are placed in the comparison of China,

02:04the United States and Russia.

02:07So, I don't know, the role of Europe

02:09seems to be a bit in crisis in this sense.

02:12So, it would be right to have a maintenance

02:14to control the space,

02:16even space, because then, after a certain time,

02:19these satellites go out of use and fall on Earth.

02:23Zero News reporter Grego Arlori is an expert on space policy.

02:28This new law will create a set of common rules

02:32across the EU for the space economy.

02:35One of the key pillars is safety to avoid collisions.

02:39Why more is needed in this domain?

02:42You need to imagine that above our head

02:44we have a sort of traffic jam.

02:46You've got 11,000 satellites already,

02:48and it is expected to have 50,000 more satellites

02:52in the next decade.

02:54And adding to that, you have 128 million space debris.

02:59So, you're increasing the risk of collision.

03:02So, the Commission is proposing to minimize

03:04the generation of space debris

03:06and to do some sharing position data

03:09in order to avoid collision.

03:11Another main pillar is resilience,

03:14in the sense that the EU assets on space

03:17are under threat, namely from hostile powers

03:21such as Russia.

03:22What is at stake in that front?

03:24You have to consider space as the new frontier.

03:27So, it is a zone that is contested by cyber attacks

03:31or electronic interference targeting satellites

03:35or ground stations, for instance.

03:37And what is at stake is that you could lose the satellite

03:41or some services provided by the satellite.

03:43The Commission is proposing to apply the same rule as cybersecurity

03:48and also to do a risk assessment throughout the life cycle

03:52of a space mission.

03:53Space technology has enabled a lot of developments in other areas,

03:58for example, wireless communication, solar panels.

04:02What does the EU need to do in order to become a leader

04:06in the global space market?

04:08So, the Commission is proposing to have a single market for space.

04:12It is also proposing to reinforce research and innovation, for sure.

04:17And, of course, it is willing to enhance international cooperation

04:22and to work with public and private stakeholders

04:26throughout the economic spectrum.

04:28This law does not cover military uses,

04:31but the EU has already created a defense strategy for space.

04:35The year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,

04:38the European Commission presented a space strategy

04:41for security and defense.

04:44The communication warned of the need to protect space systems,

04:48their supporting ground infrastructures

04:50and the data connections between them,

04:52including through joint space exercises.

04:55Meanwhile, the European Parliament recently commissioned a study

04:58on scenarios for space security in 2050.

05:02It warns of possible development of more weapons-targeting satellites

05:06and space-based defense systems.

05:09Our guest is Andrius Kubilius,

05:11European Commissioner for Defense and Space.

05:15Welcome to Euronews.

05:16Some studies say that within a generation,

05:19one might be already mining on the moon

05:22or manufacturing in space to keep the Earth's atmosphere clear.

05:28Is the EU ready to keep up with the competition with the US,

05:33Russia, even China and India on such developments?

05:37We are creating good legal conditions for single market

05:42and space industry for Europeans.

05:44So that is in some way simplifying life for those

05:49who are engaging in space industry,

05:51because if they will be registered whatever,

05:53in Brussels or in Luxembourg or in Germany,

05:57then they will be registered in all Europe.

05:59You have already to rely on Elon Musk's SpaceX company

06:04to account for delays in the European Arian satellite launcher program.

06:10Can we find a solution to prevent relying so much

06:15on other international companies?

06:17We have several very good systems like Galileo Copernicus.

06:24Now we are building Kairi Square for secure satellite communication.

06:29And in order to service those systems in space,

06:31we need to have good transport system.

06:33And that is what Ariane 6 is doing.

06:35But when we are looking into what is coming,

06:38we understand that it can be not enough.

06:41We need to build new capacities,

06:43both with the launchers, with the rockets,

06:46and also maybe with the new launching pads.

06:49So how much of the future European competitiveness fund,

06:54within the scope of the 2028-2034 EU budget,

06:59should be devoted to space?

07:01And how would you like that money to be used?

07:04Now the whole allocation is around 17 billion euros.

07:07So we know that just in order to keep continuation of exploitation of existing systems,

07:13we need to have more.

07:14So we need, first of all, to have good surveillance system.

07:17We need to be able to follow what is happening in space.

07:21We need to develop also what we call micro-launching systems,

07:24where our start-upers and small and medium-sized businesses

07:28are coming with very good ideas, ambitious ideas,

07:32and I hope that we shall be able really to do what is needed to be done.

07:36Space could still bring many scientific discoveries and activities of economic value.

07:42Will it play host to international cooperation

07:45or become an arena of geopolitical competition?

07:49In the race to the final frontier, the EU faces the same challenges as here on Earth.

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