For planet earth and beyond
ESA, in its Sunrise Partnership Project with Eutelsat OneWeb – part of Eutelsat Group – is driving 5G connectivity, at anytime, anywhere even in remote locations. The project, also supported by the UK Space Agency, is demonstrating Eutelsat Group’s 600+ OneWeb satellite constellation capabilities through partnering with two maritime expeditions, Sail for Tomorrow and Polar Pod.
ESA has entered into a contract with a COM-DEV Europe -led consortium to develop a cutting-edge quantum-safe satellite communication system.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On 24 July at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, ESA signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) with the Seamless Air Alliance (SAA).
