Tracking marine animals with satcoms
02 Oct 2015
Satellite monitoring of wildlife has become a critical tool for environmental research and nature preservation. In acknowledgement of this, ESA has been supporting the development…
The Vega launcher for telecoms
30 Sep 2015
As the satellite communications industry has matured, it has become highly cost-competitive. There is constant pressure to lower costs while improving services to end-users. In…
3rd ESA Workshop on Advanced Flexible Telecom Payloads
28 Sep 2015
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 3rd ESA Workshop on Advanced Flexible Telecom Payloads jointly organized by the European Space Agency’s Directorates…
Neosat moves into high gear
15 Sep 2015
Tackling VSAT interference
09 Sep 2015
With the growing number of satellite user terminals (VSAT) and new types of satellite architectures, radio frequency interference caused by misaligned equipment has become a…
IBC 2015: Satellite TV over IP with content encryption
08 Sep 2015
A consortium made up of satellite communications equipment specialist Global Invacom Group Limited (Global Invacom) and satellite operator Avanti Communications, with the support of ESA under…
Satcoms support for modular smartphones
26 Aug 2015
The modular smartphone is a new concept in mobile telephone design. Current smartphones have a mostly monolithic construction, but a modular smartphone would be built from components…
Seraphim Space venture capital to nurture ESA space applications
11 Aug 2015
Sentinel-1A—Alphasat laser link delivers excellent stability and robustness
05 Aug 2015
On 14 July 2015, the two laser communication terminals onboard both the Alphasat satellite and the Sentinel-1A Earth observation satellite established their 100th optical inter-satellite…
First ESA satcom course a success
30 Jul 2015
Telecommunications make up the largest and most profitable part of the space industry. As a sector, it is also one that must evolve quickly to…