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The European Space Agency (ESA) and Dublin City University have joined forces to establish a ‘Maker Space’ environment, which will support the development of innovative Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for satellite communications.
A recent event organised by ESA focussed on role satcoms will play in the realisation of 5G networks.
A series of recent developments highlight the growth of the Irish space industry.
A Dutch start-up is attracting investors for its forthcoming low-power satellite service.
The dedicated ARTES ScyLight Call for Proposals (CfP) has been issued and is online on EMITS, Invitation to Tender number AO8893. You will find the dedicated Outline Proposal templates in the Documents Section.
On 22 March, over 85 SMEs came together in ECSAT from all across the UK to meet Thales Alenia Space and learn more about becoming part of the space supply chain.
ESA is pleased to invite members of the satellite communication industry from European Member States and Canada to participate in the ARTES ScyLight Call For Ideas. ESA is looking for proposals for long-term preliminary studies and technology development-related activities.
9-10 October 2017, ESTEC, Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) are stratospheric platforms that stay over a fixed point on Earth from weeks to months. Capitalising on these developments, the European Space Agency is reaching out to the Telecommunication, Earth Observation and Navigation communities to present and discuss synergies between satellites and HAPS as well as to collect feedback and recommendations regarding a potential ESA HAPS programme.
8 March 2017 – The viability of deploying satcoms for rail communications is the subject of a new study prepared for the European Railway Agency by INDRA and ALG.
On 10 February 2017, the winners of first ESA Female Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) competition, organised by TIA, were presented at the annual TIA Seminar. The participants were asked to propose an innovative satellite-based Application that would be sustained by collaborative economic models, which would involve the European industry.