New Initiatives are based on ESA initiated ideas, where we take a leading role in the 5 action areas of TIA strategy, introducing disruptive new solutions that would benefit European and Canadian industry. TIA teams work with industry to bring these ideas to maturity, until they become new programmes.
CURRENT NEW INITIATIVES
1. Maintaining Market Leadership
2. Addressing Future Market Needs
- In-Orbit Assembly
- Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)
3. Institutional Satcom Solutions
- Future of Digital Aviation
4. Responsible Use of Space
- ELAINE
5. ESA Initiated Innovative Partnership Projects
- MATRIX
- Lunarcoms
NEWS AND EVENTS
ESA-hosted workshop drives technological leadership for telecom payloads
The European Space Agency (ESA) hosted its 5th Workshop on Advanced Flexible Telecom Payloads at its European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), located on Harwell Science and Innovation…
ESA drives a more competitive industry through ARTES-event success
ESA hosted its latest iteration of Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Final Presentation Days at its European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) site, located on the Harwell Science and Innovation…
European New Space propulsion system supported by ESA's Core Competitivenes…
With support of ESA's Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Core Competitiveness programme funding, Dawn Aerospace and Com&Sens have partnered to develop an innovative smart Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV)…
Automated management of satcom terminals gives MOBISAT the edge
A competitive ‘no touch’ satcom service solution is now simplifying the deployment of satellite communication networks in isolated areas. ‘MOBISAT’ has been developed under the ARTES Core Competitiveness programme by Spanish company Integrasys,…
Cutting edge composite antennas reach qualification for Canadian tech company Calian
An innovative composite 6m and 10 m Q/V band antenna system developed by Canadian technology company Calian Advanced Technologies has successfully demonstrated its performance capabilities after over-the-satellite testing in Guadeloupe.
Optical wireless study paves the way for cable-free telecoms satellites
A study backed by the European Space Agency has successfully demonstrated the viability of using optical wireless communications in satellites, in a move that could help reduce mass and costs by removing the need for cabled connections.
Oxford Space Systems commissions industrial scale knitted mesh production facility
Oxford Space Systems has developed a metal mesh manufacturing facility at their Harwell base, manufacturing foldable surfaces for their reflector antennas. The project, backed by the European Space Agency (ESA)’s ARTES Core…
Opportunity: People, Planet, Prosperity
The Thematic Call, in line with ESA’s vision to accelerate the use of space and the Director General’s Agenda 2025, targets space projects enabling “action beyond observation” within the vast ESG market described above where space technologies,…
New entrants look forward to making a global impact in satellite communications accessibi…
ESA has partnered with two new companies through the ARTES Core Competitiveness programme, which helps industry to deliver innovation in satellite communications.
SatixFy to deploy baseband and modem equipment for Telesat lightspeed ground infrastructure
SX3099 Modem developed through the ARTES Core Competitiveness programme moves another step further deployment.
ARTES Advanced Technology: Inflatables to drag down small satellites
New activity - Inflatable structures for telecom satellites.
The need for ever-more powerful telecom satellites drives the development of the associated technologies. A key example is the need for lightweight, large systems…
AlbaPod: the most advanced space-proven PocketQube deployer
The ‘maker’ movement in electronics and the meteoric rise of smartphones have led to a surge in small satellites - such as nano- and picosatellites (picosats are the tiniest of smallsats). But something has to propel these pocket-size payloads…