March 2022

ESA Director outlines role of ESA in development of Government Satellite Communications in Europe

Following on from the success of the Space Summit in Toulouse (France), the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, Elodie Viau, spoke at the GOVSATCOM 22 conference for EU Defence and Security in Luxembourg. There she outlined ESA’s engagement in security and safety on Earth and in space, and in supporting the European Commission's Secure Connectivity project.

Micro-geostationary satellite enters design phase

A small but powerful European telecommunications satellite – the first of a series – is to be developed under a contract signed today between ESA and SWISSto12, an innovative company based in Renens, Switzerland.

ScyLight Industry Day - The Netherlands

The Strategic Programme Line (SPL) on Optical and Quantum communication - ScyLight aims to involve stakeholders of new services and technologies at the earliest possible stage, and to update them on relevant activities under the SPL. This is such an event dedicated to this exchange, requested by the Dutch Delegation to ESA and TNO.