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ESA-supported SpainSat NG II success builds towards next-gen secure satellite communications
25 Nov 2025
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Pacis 3 Partnership Programme, a precursor to the European Union’s GOVSATCOM, showcases Europe’s innovative industrial capabilities through the successful deployment of the second satellite in the SpainSat NG programme, SpainSat NG II.
ESA-funded Optical Ground Station for fast and secure laser satellite communications begins construction in Greenland
14 Nov 2025
The optical laser communications ground station is funded under ESA’s Optical and Quantum Communications - ScyLight programme. Construction is expected to conclude in late 2026, with widespread benefits for data-hungry commercial and institutional operators.
ESA, Eutelsat, Airbus, MediaTek and partners successfully Test 5G-Advanced NR-NTN Connection over OneWeb LEO Satellites with Conditional Handover
3 Nov 2025
The innovative 5G protocol, introducing Conditional Handover, allows satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide reliable connectivity whilst switching between ground and satellite infrastructures, advancing the integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.
WideNorth's breakthrough satellite payload gains market traction, following ESA support
24 Oct 2025
WideNorth AS, a major Norwegian player in signal processing and satellite communication, has reached a significant milestone with the successful commercialisation of its Payload Data Handling and Transmitter (PDHT) based on Software Defined Radio. Developed under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme, this payload is now a powerful candidate for all those missions requiring both high downlink rates and high data storage capacity.
ESA celebrates completion of neXat’s award-winning virtual platform for satellite connectivity
21 Oct 2025
A Belgian company specialising in cloud-based solutions for the telecommunications industry - neXat - has recently presented its newly developed product, neXat Satellite Services Aggregation Platform (neXat SAP) for the management of satellite connectivity. Featuring the capabilities of operations support system (OSS), business support system (BSS) as well as a virtual teleport functionality, the product has earned awards and recognition for offering an end-to-end managed service as the first and only satellite specific, cloud-based platform of its kind on the market.
Viasat moves to commercialise Electronically Steered Antenna Terminal for seamless aerial connectivity through ESA project
21 Oct 2025
In another win for public-private cooperation between the European Space Agency (ESA) and an international company – Viasat plans to commercialise its new in-flight connectivity terminal technology.
ESA and the Bharat 6G Alliance collaborate to develop next-generation satellite-enabled 6G networks
11 Oct 2025
The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to collaborate on developing integrated 6G terrestrial and satellite networks.
ESA signs contract on SAGA mission for sovereign quantum key distribution capability in Europe
1 Oct 2025
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Security And cryptoGrAphic (SAGA) mission has entered the system definition and preliminary design phase (Phase B2), marking the beginning of the development of the first quantum key sharing mission designed for European governments. A world leading aerospace consortium led by Thales Alenia Space has won a €50 million contract to design the mission.
Three further ESA-supported Greek CubeSats ready for launch
25 Sep 2025
The next batch of the Greek In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD)/ In-Orbit Validation (IOV) CubeSat missions – developed with support from the European Space Agency (ESA) – is ready for launch in November this year. Having successfully completed functional and environmental testing, the two PHASMA mission spacecraft, LAMARR and DIRAC, developed by the Libre Space Foundation, and the PRISMA Electronics-developed MICE-1, have been delivered to the launch service provider ExoLaunch, ready for launch with the SpaceX Transporter-15 rideshare mission.