Why on earth are we building a duplicate system to the Eu which will only be useful in UK and thus be completely uncompetitive cost-wise with a larger system which is certain to be able to 'see' almost all of the UK as we are sandwiched between EU countries . So the question is not why do they ask Uk but why didnt we take the cost effective approach and stay with that project
Do we have launch capabilities, can we afford it bearing in mind most of Uk is densely populated and therefore One web is uneconomic and performance limited compared with fibre. Might be useful in the Scottish Islands but the way things are going they ll be in the Eu before the projects finished ( tongue in cheek)
Sad