Hosted payload workshop presentations available for download
21 Jul 2011
Workshop attendees took part in sessions that discussed the mission objectives, development programme, technical achievements and exploitation of the hosted payloads on board Alphasat, developed…
Module mating: When a bus becomes a satellite
12 Jul 2011
Alphabus, the new European high-power telecommunications platform, jointly developed by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space under a joint ESA and Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)…
Celebrating 10 years of Artemis
12 Jul 2011
A launch problem on 12 July 2001 almost ended the mission before it even began, when the rocket’s upper stage injected Artemis into a low…
SAT-AIS – PPP scheme elaboration ITT issued
08 Jul 2011
It includes the following: 1. Investigate and propose possible PPP schemes for the SAT-AIS covering one or more of the following elements: SAT-AIS Operator, Commercial Service Provider…
First Invitiations to Tender Posted For Iris (ARTES 10)
30 Jun 2011
Tender 1-5522 is the Definition Phase of the Satellite System for ARTES 10. Its objective is to provide a solid design and development plan for…
Announcment of Opportunity for SAT-AIS demo support to EMSA Blue Belt project
28 Jun 2011
EMSA initiated the Blue Belt pilot project in May, 2011 in cooperation with EU Member States’ customs authorities, the Commission services DG TAXUD and DG…
Hispasat AG1 mission logo unveiled
24 Jun 2011
ESA and Spanish operator Hispasat signed a contract in 2008 for Hispasat AG1, which is now being built and tested. Hispasat AG1 will provide Spain,…
Test of RCS2 standard successful
10 Jun 2011
“We are pleased to see next generation of DVB-RCS standard enhanced features tested by STM on their new DVB-RCS HW platform paying them back the…
French minister visits Alphasat
06 Jun 2011
Alphasat, developed in partnership with European operator Inmarsat, is the first satellite to be launched using the new European high-power Alphabus telecommunications platform developed by…
Cont-Trak
03 Jun 2011
Whether at sea, on rail, staggered or stored, shipping containers can now be tracked worldwide via satellite. Cont-Trak, an efficient satellite-based container tracking solution has…