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.
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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.
2017 ARTES Future Preparation Final Presentation Days
11 Sep 2017
This annual event is to share the results of recently completed Future Preparation (formerly ARTES 1) activities. Registration for the event is free and open to anyone based in the ARTES Participating States.
VIDEO: Ministerial 2016: Telecoms
24 Nov 2016
24 November 2016 – Magali Vaissiere, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, discusses the priorities being put forward at forthcoming the 2016 Ministerial Council.
Start of service for Europe’s SpaceDataHighway
23 Nov 2016
23 November 2016 - The European Data Relay System began servicing Europe’s Earth observing Copernicus programme yesterday, transferring observations in quasi-real time using cutting-edge laser technology.
Venture capital available for space-based companies
22 Nov 2016
22 November 2016 – The Seraphim Space Fund of venture capital, currently worth £50 million, is set to boost European small, medium and start-up companies developing space-based applications, services and technologies.
ECSAT Industry Day
22 Nov 2016
ESA invites you for the ECSAT Industry Day on the Invitation to Tender for Competitive Frame Contracts for Industrial Support to ESA Directories (2017-22).
New pocketqubesat developed with ARTES Entry support
31 Jan 2017
26 October 2016 – With the support of ESA and Innovate UK, a Scottish startup, Alba Orbital, has built a tiny satellite called Unicorn-1 that is slated for launch in early 2017.