For planet earth and beyond
ESA has awarded a contract to Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global, mobile satellite communications (satcom), as the prime contractor for the new “Pacis-6” Govsatcom Precursor project under ESA’s ARTES programme.
On 21 November 2017, ESA and an SES-led European consortium agreed to join forces to set up a new platform that will make secure and affordable satcoms available to public users, as part of a Europe-wide push to help governments get the most out of existing systems and services.
On 21 June 2017, at the airshow in Le Bourget, France, ESA unveiled two new satcom initiatives, Govsatcom Precursor and Satellites for 5G.