Launch and Beyond: Creating a Competitive and Resilient Market for Europe's Next Ambitions

Europe's ambitions in defence, commercial services and exploration all depend on one thing: reliable access to orbit. Demand for launch is growing fast, but capacity is limited and Europe still leans on non-European providers. This panel looks at what it takes to build a market that is competitive and resilient: expanding capacity, backing emerging providers alongside established ones, and tackling the bottlenecks that slow Europe and its partners down. It also asks what that market must deliver to take Europe beyond low Earth orbit, to the Moon and further. Launch is where ambition meets infrastructure. Get it right, and everything else becomes possible.