ESA and Inmarsat sign innovative Alphasat satellite contract
02 Jun 2009
The Alphasat programme is a major cooperation between the public and private sectors. With Alphasat, Inmarsat will be the first commercial customer for the Alphabus…
Satellite’s role in telemedicine
28 May 2009
The symposium was organised by ESA at ESRIN, its facility just outside Rome. Participants came from a variety of backgrounds including central and local government,…
Telemedicine system tailored for European rescue workers
28 May 2009
A new ESA-funded satellite telemedicine system called I-DISCARE goes operational later this year. It is an integrated hardware and software system for telemedicine that uses…
Distant doctors make their rounds via satellite
28 May 2009
The Agency’s involvement with satellite telemedicine began back in 1996, when ESA provided a satellite communication system to link Italian hospitals with a field hospital…
Expert care for patients via satellite telecommunications
28 May 2009
In a project called TelAny (Telemedicine Anywhere) funded by ESA, trials showed how satellite telecommunications can allow doctors to monitor and treat emergency cases or…
Digital Cinema via Satellite marks successes
28 May 2009
The movie ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ was downloaded onto the Cinema Servers and screened to audiences at the UCI cinemas in London (two screens),…
Announcement of Invitation To Tender: Equipments for Alphabus phase C/D – ALPHABUS STRUCTURAL ALUMINIUM PANELS
27 May 2009
The Alcatel Space / EADS Astrium Joint Alphabus Project Team in its role as system responsible for Alphabus is in the process of issuing a…
AmerHis, first switchboard in space to be launched
27 May 2009
The launch will be carried out from the International Baïkonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 5 August 2004 aboard a Proton Breeze/M launch vehicle. The launch of the AmerHis payload…
SkyPlexNet aiding disaster relief
27 May 2009
The ESA Telecom funded project SkyPlexNet made this possible. SkyPlexNet is a relatively simple and low-cost use of On Board Processing technology to avoid centralisation…
Kingston inmedia books success with Instore Digital Media
27 May 2009
"Indigo has been a great success and I’m delighted that we were able to go beyond the research stage, prove the concept to retailers and…