ScyLight Outline Proposal template is now available
3 Apr 2017
New templates now available for ESA's latest ARTES programme element: ScyLight
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First SmallGEO mission reaches geostationary transfer orbit
28 Jan 2017
28 January 2017 – The first flight opportunity for the new SmallGEO platform, Hispasat's H36W-1 satellite, was succesfully launched from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, in the early hours of this morning.
SmallGEO media briefing
18 Jan 2017
18 January 2017 – A special media briefing on SmallGEO and its first flight took place on Wednesday 18 January, at ESA HQ in Paris. Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGEO platform, marking the first partnership between ESA and the Spanish operator.
Airbus Defence & Space launches SpaceDataHighway challenge
12 Jan 2017
12 January 2017 – Airbus Defence & Space, which developed the European Data Relay Satellite system (EDRS) in private-public partnership with ESA, has launched the SpaceDataHighway competition and will award up to €75k to the winning idea.
Preparing for air traffic control via satellite
14 Mar 2019
20 Dec 2016 – Flight trials were recently undertaken by ESA and Inmarsat in the next stage of the ARTES Iris Precursor programme to deliver high-capacity secure digital data links via satellite.
Alphasat hosted payload programme to be extended
20 Dec 2016
20 December 2016 — ESA, Inmarsat, and payload providers have agreed to continue the very successful Alphasat hosted payload programme for another three years.
End of Year Message from Magali Vaissiere
19 Dec 2016
16 December 2016 – Magali Vaissiere, head of the Telecoms directorate, looks back over an exciting and successful year.
After a decade of development "CAN Bus for Space" is flight-ready
8 Dec 2016
8 December 2016 – After a decade of development and the long-term support of ESA, CAN Bus for Space will be deployed for forthcoming missions. The new data bus has been adopted by all the major European satellite manufacturers.
Way forward for ESA Telecom following Ministerial Council meeting
6 Dec 2016
3 December 2016 – ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme adds new elements and strengthens existing ones, with an overall subscription of €1.2 billion following the Council meeting at Ministerial Level in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Hispasat 36W-1 now ready to fly
1 Dec 2016
1 December 2016 – The first telecom satellite built using the SmallGEO platform, Hispasat 36W-1, arrived in Kourou today after completing its final tests at IABG in Germany. Preparations are now being undertaken for the January launch on a Soyuz rocket.