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ARTES 25 Years of Telecom: Interview with Carlo Elia

This week we spoke to Carlo Elia, Head of the Telecommunications Technologies, Products and Systems Department, who told us how his area supports Europe’s industry.

ARTES 25 Years of Telecom: Today's challenges and opportunities

As ESA’s umbrella programme for telecom, ARTES, celebrates its 25th year, we will be examining why it was set up, how it and the European satcom environment have evolved, the opportunities and challenges that both face today, and what the future holds.

Space Making the Virtual a Reality

What do astronauts, Pokémon, wildlife park rangers and surgeons all have in common? The answer is virtual and augmented reality, or VR and AR.

D/TIA partners with UK-based ArQit to develop first Quantum Encryption Satellite

QKDSat is a highly innovative project, the first of its kind, which will validate Quantum Key Distribution via satellite technologies. 

ARTES 25 Years of Telecom: Marking a Milestone

As ARTES celebrates its 25th year, we will be examining why it was set up, how it and the European satcom environment have evolved, the opportunities and challenges that both face today, and what the future holds.

SatixFy UK deliver innovative electronically steered array chipset solutions

SatixFy, the UK-based satellite communication technology company, has announced the availability of functional samples of its chipset products, conceived and produced in record time.

Magali Vaissiere wins 2018 Sir Arthur Clarke Space Achievement Award

On 1^st of November, ESA Director Magali Vaissiere won the Space Achievement Award in the Industry/Project Individual section.

9th Fokus Fuseco Forum

The first live demonstration of SATis5 will take place at the 9th FUSECO Forum November 15-16 2018 “Preparing Industry Verticals for Edge Computing, Network Slicing & 5G”. The SATis5 is the ARTES funded specifically focused on satellite integration with 5G terrestrial networks.

 

New electric propulsion module bids Belfast farewell

It is nearly time for the first new electric propulsion module of Spacebus Neo to complete its last run of tests in Thales UK’s Belfast assembly centre before being shipped to Cannes for final spacecraft assembly.

Indigo - Connecting Colombians to the world

Indigo project announced by the Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) as honoree of the fourth Annual Better Satellite Awards for providing reliable, affordable broadband in rural Columbia. A pilot project between Colombian Internet Service Provider Anditel and INDIGO, part of ESA’s ARTES  Partner programme, is making great strides in connecting citizens in hard-to-reach rural communities in Colombia.