No surrender as France doubles down on OneWeb 

The French government has decided to lob €717 million into struggling satellite outfit Eutelsat, more than doubling its stake in a bid to prop up OneWeb and stake a bigger claim in the low Earth orbit space race.

Cluster bomb

Internet satellite operators OneWeb and Eutelsat are planning to merge in the hopes of becoming a stronger rival to SpaceX's Starlink which is run by Elon [look at me] Musk