New study: satcoms for the rail industry
3 Apr 2017
8 March 2017 – The viability of deploying satcoms for rail communications is the subject of a new study prepared for the European Railway Agency by INDRA and ALG.
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Winners of the ESA Female YGT Space Applications competition 2017
24 Mar 2017
On 10 February 2017, the winners of first ESA Female Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) competition, organised by TIA, were presented at the annual TIA Seminar. The participants were asked to propose an innovative satellite-based Application that would be sustained by collaborative economic models, which would involve the European industry.
A full house for ESA's ScyLight industry day
10 Apr 2017
21 February 2017 – The large turnout for this recent event indicates tremendous interest in optical technologies within the satellite communications industry.
ScyLight Outline Proposal template is now available
3 Apr 2017
New templates now available for ESA's latest ARTES programme element: ScyLight
First SmallGEO mission reaches geostationary transfer orbit
28 Jan 2017
28 January 2017 – The first flight opportunity for the new SmallGEO platform, Hispasat's H36W-1 satellite, was succesfully launched from the European Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, in the early hours of this morning.
SmallGEO media briefing
18 Jan 2017
18 January 2017 – A special media briefing on SmallGEO and its first flight took place on Wednesday 18 January, at ESA HQ in Paris. Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGEO platform, marking the first partnership between ESA and the Spanish operator.
Airbus Defence & Space launches SpaceDataHighway challenge
12 Jan 2017
12 January 2017 – Airbus Defence & Space, which developed the European Data Relay Satellite system (EDRS) in private-public partnership with ESA, has launched the SpaceDataHighway competition and will award up to €75k to the winning idea.
Preparing for air traffic control via satellite
14 Mar 2019
20 Dec 2016 – Flight trials were recently undertaken by ESA and Inmarsat in the next stage of the ARTES Iris Precursor programme to deliver high-capacity secure digital data links via satellite.
Alphasat hosted payload programme to be extended
20 Dec 2016
20 December 2016 — ESA, Inmarsat, and payload providers have agreed to continue the very successful Alphasat hosted payload programme for another three years.
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.