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December 2018
ARTES 25 Years of Telecom: Interview with Stéphane Lascar
This week we spoke to Stéphane Lascar, Head of the Telecommunications Satellite Programmes Department, who told us how his area supports Europe’s industry.
ARTES 25 Years of Telecom: Looking to the horizon
As ESA’s umbrella programme for telecom, ARTES, celebrates its 25th year, we have examined why it was set up, how it and the European satcom environment have evolved, and the opportunities and challenges that both face today. In this final instalment, we look at what the future holds.
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Launch-pad for Irish space-tech projects
The partnership between Dublin City University and European Space Agency (ESA) is succeeding in providing the launch-pad for Irish companies to increase their engagement with emerging space-related technologies.
Call for cross-sector collaboration
Call closes 18 Jan 2019
Cross-Cluster Proof of Concept call is now open for applications. The call is for project definition and proof of concept activities, with up to 20k funding per project, to be match funded (in-kind or capitol).
David Gomez Otero
Perfect propulsion pointing: A main achievement of the NEOSAT programme
The first flight models of the Electric Propulsion Pointing Mechanisms (EPPM) have been delivered by RUAG Space Austria to Thales UK’s Belfast assembly centre.