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How to extend the lifespan of satellites and enabling cost efficiency through AI software

21 Feb 2025

AI investment is booming globally, ESA is helping drive the ongoing transformation, enabled by technological innovations in the satellite telecommunication operations, through strategic research and development activities. A recent example is the Context Aware Spacecraft Telemetry Checking (CASTeC) platform, developed through ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems’ (ARTES) Competitiveness & Growth programme.

ESA’s 5G/6G Hub introduces new 5G- millimetre-wave capabilities

19 Feb 2025

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Poland-based Creotech Instruments S.A. and Microamp Solutions to develop 5G-millimetre-wave (mmWave) capabilities, providing ultra-low latency that is critical for next-generation space and terrestrial applications.

Pacis 3 now in orbit aboard Hisdesat’s SpainSat NG I

13 Feb 2025

The European secure satellite communications sector marked a strategic milestone as SpainSat Next Generation I (SNG I), with ESA’s Pacis 3 antennas onboard, successfully deployed via SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral.

ESA and Viasat towards a Direct-to-Device partnership

7 Apr 2025

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Viasat announced an agreement to work together towards a public-private partnership for a direct-to-device project. As part of ESA’s direct-to-device initiative, the partnership project was signed by Laurent Jaffart, ESA’s Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications, and Mark Dankberg, Viasat’s CEO, on 27 January 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.

ESA to support building of Estonia’s Space Cyber Range

23 Jan 2025

Estonia, renowned as one of the world's most digitally advanced nations, is set to enhance Europe's space security capabilities, through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S) programme.

ESA, Telesat and Amarisoft achieve world-first 5G 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network link over LEO

23 Dec 2024

ESA and Telesat have reported a groundbreaking milestone in telecommunications technology, successfully establishing the world's first 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) link over Low Earth Orbit (LEO) between the ESTEC 5G Laboratory and the Telesat LEO 3 satellite (thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding signed earlier this year between Telesat and ESA), using a Amarisoft 5G protocol stack.