Thats not really true. IRIS^2 is a joint project between the EUSPA and ESA > The European Space Agency (ESA) is responsible for development and deployment of t

Thats not really true. IRIS^2 is a joint project between the EUSPA and ESA > The European Space Agency (ESA) is responsible for development and deployment of the system and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is responsible for the governmental service provision. The ESA wants to be the "space agency" of the European Union anyways https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS%C2%B2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS%C2%B2