2014 ESA Investment Forum
03 Oct 2014
The Forum encourages networking and is an exceptional setting for exploring investment and partnering opportunities. The programme will showcase the top 24 entrepreneurs from space-related…
Another commercial breakthrough for Kongsberg Norspace
29 Sep 2014
In a follow-up ARTES 3-4 activity, Kongsberg Norspace is developing a new-generation version of the original TT&C command receiver, for which the company has just…
Tesat’s new high-power Ka-band output multiplexer
29 Sep 2014
In response to these developments, Tesat (DE) has introduced a high-power 20 GHz OMUX which manages these technical challenges by exploiting a novel temperature-compensated aluminium…
Logging the smart way
10 Sep 2014
For the independent owner-operators of the harvesting machinery, the Treemetrics system provides detailed navigation capabilities as well as security options to help safeguard their equipment.…
Satellites improving lives in rural Africa
26 Aug 2014
The Rural Radios element is developing a satellite-assisted radio service to support farmers, workers and the population of the Democratic Republic of Congo on food…
Supercapacitors in space
25 Aug 2014
Do supercapacitors also have applications in telecommunications satellites? To find out, ESA recently funded a study under ARTES 5.1 in which researchers from ESA/ESTEC (NL),…
Promising new anti-interference techniques for satcoms
20 Aug 2014
Satellite communication signals, like all wireless transmissions, are susceptible to interference. This is accounted for during the design phase and not normally is a problem.…
The SmallGEO – Hispasat AG1 satellite: ready for testing
19 Aug 2014
SmallGEO is a small, general-purpose geostationary satellite platform that will give European industry the opportunity to play a significant role in the commercial telecom market.…
ESA gives SAT-AIS a boost
24 Jul 2014
Large vessels and all passenger ships irrespective of size are mandated by the International Maritime Organization to carry Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment. It transmits…
HYDRA, the multi-headed star tracker
04 Jul 2014
Sodern, a French company which specialises in space instrumentation and optics, was one of the first suppliers of compact autonomous star trackers, taking advantage of…