ESA-funded Optical Ground Station for fast and secure laser satellite communications begins construction in Greenland
11 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,…
ESA, Eutelsat, Airbus, MediaTek and partners successfully Test 5G-Advanced NR-NTN Connection over OneWeb LEO Satellites with Conditional Handover
31 Oct 2025
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space for 5G/6G & Sustainable Connectivity programme, in collaboration with leading satellite manufacturers Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat OneWeb, and…
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…
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…
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…
ESA and the Bharat 6G Alliance collaborate to develop next-generation satellite-enabled 6G networks
11 Oct 2025
The Bharat 6G Alliance, a consortium of Indian academia, industry and national research institutions, has revealed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to cooperate with the…
ESA signs contract on SAGA mission for sovereign quantum key distribution capability in Europe
01 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…
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…
Direct-to-device connectivity from space and why we need it: ESA releases new white paper
17 Sep 2025
European Space Agency’s (ESA) Connectivity and Secure Communications has released a new white paper – published under the Space for 5G/6G and Sustainable Connectivity programme…
Quantum-enabled communications coming to Europe: ESA signs contract with Honeywell for delivery of QKDSat project
16 Sep 2025
The next step towards quantum-enabled sovereign and secure connectivity for Europe was made this week, as Honeywell signed a contract with the European Space Agency…