June 2015

Neosat: on schedule

19 June 2015 – The ARTES Neosat programme is on schedule, and the first two next-generation geostationary satellites based on the new platform are being built for launch by 2019.

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Tender Specifics

Optical communications: ready for space

18 June 2015 – At a recent ESA workshop, participants discussed how optical space technologies have matured and could be ready to be applied in commercial satellite systems, with significant advantages.

Hot firing of world's first 3d-printed platinum thruster chamber

17 June 2015 – The world’s first spacecraft thruster with a platinum combustion chamber and nozzle made by 3D printing has passed its baptism of fire with a series of firings lasting more than an hour. The new thruster is part of an activity supported by ESA through the ARTES Programme.