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Phase B2 of ANTARES project begins

Phase B2 of the ESA Iris ANTARES project is now underway. This phase will advance ANTARES to the System Preliminary Design Review.

2013 Iris Information Event agenda now available

An information event apprising actors and stakeholders of the latest progress in the Iris Programme will take place on 4 and 5 February 2013 in Salzburg, Austria. Participation is open to all actors involved in Iris and interested stakeholders in satellite communications for Air Traffic Management.

2013 ARTES Applications Workshop - registration open

Registration is now open for ESA's Integrated and Telecommunications Applications department's annual ARTES Applications Workshop. The event will take place 18 and 19 April in Rome, Italy.

ESA offers Artemis to industry in an Announcement of Opportunity - UPDATE

ESA is offering European satellite operators a unique opportunity to obtain ownership of its Artemis telecoms satellite. ESA is organising visits both to Fucino and Redu to allow the bidders to evaluate the Artemis operational environment. The visit to the Fucino facility is scheduled for 4 February.

ESA offers Artemis to industry in an Announcement of Opportunity

ESA is offering European satellite operators a unique opportunity to obtain ownership of its Artemis telecoms satellite.

ESA and Inmarsat launch Applications Development Initiative for Alphasat

ESA will launch an Open Call For Proposals in March 2011 to support the Alphasat Application Development Initiative. To learn more about this initiative, a special workshop will take place at Inmarsat in London on Wednesday 23 February.

Space-AIS data service successfully delivered for efficient vessel tracking

An ESA project supporting the European Maritime Safety Agency´s (EMSA) Blue Belt pilot programme has successfully delivered space AIS data. More than 21,000 ships were detected and 14 million messages were processed during this demonstration.

Redu activates third Galileo satnav payload

For the first time, a Galileo payload has been activated directly from the ESA Redu Centre, located in the heart of Belgium´s Ardennes forest.

ESA video shows SmallGEO STM in testing at ESTEC

Another step has been taken towards making Europe an even more efficient competitor in the global satellite telecommunications market, with the testing of the new SmallGEO satellite platform at ESTEC, ESA's testing centre in the Netherlands.

Advanced Multimedia Van debuts for the first European Satellite UMTS demonstration

The European Space Agency's Multimedia Van was on display at the ASMS Conference 2003 at ESRIN in Frascati Italy on July 10 and 11 for the first European Satellite UMTS demonstration.