European Space Agency to protect sensitive information through quantum-encrypted satellites
10 Oct 2024
ESA has entered into a contract with a COM-DEV Europe-led consortium to develop a cutting-edge quantum-safe satellite communication system.
10 Oct 2024
ESA has entered into a contract with a COM-DEV Europe-led consortium to develop a cutting-edge quantum-safe satellite communication system.
2 Oct 2024
ESA is working to ensure that its Member States have access to secure and resilient connectivity, on a national and European level. Working with the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance, the agency has backed seven Greek CubeSat missions, developed by small and medium-sized companies and universities, since June 2023.
10 Oct 2024
ESA’s Pacis 3 Partnership Projects programme has moved SpainSat one step closer to the launchpad following the formal delivery of the Ka-band pallet to Airbus Toulouse in September 2024.
5 Sep 2024
ESA’s Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) Forum, a not-for-profit organisation that kicked off in July 2024, has brought together over 288 global experts, stakeholders, and industry leaders to advance the development and integration of NTNs in the evolving 5G Advanced and 6G networks.
27 Sep 2024
ESA is supporting the future of automotive connectivity through its “V2X (vehicle to everything – where a vehicle shares its information with other vehicles and smart systems using wireless connectivity) – services demonstration over satellite” project.
10 Oct 2024
To meet growing connectivity needs, the European Space Agency’s Space for 5G/6G and Sustainable Connectivity programme line, in collaboration with the UK Space Agency (UKSA), has awarded a development contract to telecommunications company Nokia to develop and deploy a satellite-adapted Nokia RXRM Real-time eXtended Reality Multimedia solution at ESA's UK-based 5G/6G Hub.
Telecommunications equipment company, TESAT, and fibre-optic technology leader, MPB Communications, successfully demonstrated a 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data at 40 Watts (W) optical output power over a distance of more than 45,000 kilometres, from geostationary (GEO) to low earth orbit (LEO) in a laboratory environment.
24 Jul 2024
On 24 July at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, ESA signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) with the Seamless Air Alliance (SAA).
15 Oct 2024
With support of ESA's Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Core Competitiveness programme funding, Dawn Aerospace and Com&Sens have partnered to develop an innovative smart Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) propellant tank for Dawn’s propulsion system. Using embedded sensors, the tanks gain additional smart features on top of the traditional high pressure propellant storage.