On the same week that Emmanuel Macron promised billions more for military space, a relatively small manufacturer in Toulouse raised €24 million to build satellites almost as fast as cars. Together, they hint at what Europe’s next decade in orbit could look like.
Toulouse, where strategy meets steel and cleanrooms
On 12 November 2025, Emmanuel Macron stood in Toulouse to open France’s new Space Command facility and offered a blunt diagnosis: space is no longer a sanctuary, but a battlefield. He warned that modern conflicts already depend on orbital infrastructure and pointed to Russian jamming, cyberattacks and close-approach manoeuvres as evidence that space is now contested terrain.
