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UK Science Minister Sam Gyimah visits ECSAT

UK Science Minister, Sam Gyimah combined a visit to ECSAT and the Harwell Space cluster last Thursday with the opportunity to meet ESA Astronaut Tim Peake.

10 New Business and Research Partners Join Quartz

Following ESA’s recent agreement with an SES-led consortium to support the Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System (QUARTZ), SES has announced ten new project partners including universities, research organisations and leading industry partners that have joined the consortium.

Integration of Non-Terrestrial Solutions in the 5G Standardisation Roadmap

The focal point for the development of mobile systems beyond 3G has become the 3^rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).The decisions reached during the last 3GPP plenary meeting in La Jolla (San Diego, US) pave the way for the successful integration of satellites in 5G. 

Integrasys achieves Award-Winning Development with ESA support

Integrasys has worked with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an award-winning solution, ALUSAT.

ESA's Satellite for 5G Initiative - Guidelines to submit proposals for Product Development, Demonstrations & Vertical Pilots

ESA now welcomes unsolicited proposal submissions covering the whole product development life cycle. 

EDRS-C on the home stretch

ESA’s laser satellite EDRS-C has settled at its new home in Munich for the last tests before launch. This final set will make sure the satellite and its optical payload can withstand the challenging conditions of lift off and subsequent life in space once launched next year.

New high-frequency signal from space to Earth

For the first time, an ESA-supported nanosatellite, currently being developed in Finland and featuring a Finnish platform and radio transmitter, will send a W-band signal from space to Earth.

39th ESA Antenna Workshop

2-5 Oct, 2018, ESTEC, Noordwijk (The Netherlands)

The 39th ESA Antenna Workshop will provide an overview on recent and on-going antenna systems and technologies developments for Satellite Applications with particular focus on Multibeam and Reconfigurable Antennas and covering both Space and Ground Segments.

Space Photons Bring a New Dimension to Cryptography

ESA and its partners will investigate how satellites can distribute photon ‘keys’ to help secure encryption.

Govsatcom Precursor ‘Pacis-5’ project to demonstrate satcom sharing system

Airbus is developing a ‘Pacis-5’ demonstrator under ESA’s Govsatcom Precursor programme. Pacis-5 kicked-off in June 2017 and will run for two years.