MILAN – A report from Italy’s space policy office questioned whether the country is underrepresented in the IRIS² program, the European Union’s planned public-private communication constellation for low and medium earth orbit, while acknowledging SpaceX has offered to provide Starlink services for the country.

Combined, the two points raised new questions about Italy’s position on Starlink. Those conversations come just months before Italy must decide whether to push ahead with a national low-Earth orbit dual-use telecommunications constellation, currently named “MERCURIO”, or deepen its reliance on Starlink while waiting for IRIS².

The document, from Italy’s Interministerial Committee for Space and Aerospace Policy (COMINT) is a general summary of the state of the Italian space sector i

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