Mario Schraufstädter
Stachegasse 16
Vienna
Austria
A-1120
For planet earth and beyond
October 2019
TESAT’s high-flying, high-performance X-band modulator: a data-relay and data-downlink star
The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimate that by 2020 there will be around 40 trillion gigabytes of data in existence. To cope with this increasing volume, data rates for satellite transmission to the ground need to be augmented. TESAT, experts in manufacturing payload equipment for communication satellites, have developed in response a high-performance 8PSK X-band Modulator under ESA’s ARTES Competitiveness & Growth (ARTES C&G) programme.
Satellite-enabled air traffic control system takes to the skies
Air travel is set to become safer, swifter and more environmentally friendly thanks to the introduction of space-based technologies.
Chameleon satellite withstands extreme temperatures
The Quantum satellite – Europe’s reprogrammable telecommunications satellite – built through an ESA Partnership Project with its operator Eutelsat successfully completed thermal vacuum testing on 28 September.