20 Jun 2018
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.
21 Jun 2018
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.
23 May 2018
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.
4 May 2018
ESA and its partners will investigate how satellites can distribute photon ‘keys’ to help secure encryption.
23 Jan 2020
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.
23 Jan 2020
ESA has awarded a contract to Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global, mobile satellite communications (satcom), as the prime contractor for the new “Pacis-6” Govsatcom Precursor project under ESA’s ARTES programme.
9 Apr 2018
On 21 November 2017, ESA and an SES-led European consortium agreed to join forces to set up a new platform that will make secure and affordable satcoms available to public users, as part of a Europe-wide push to help governments get the most out of existing systems and services.
9 Apr 2018
On 21 June 2017, at the airshow in Le Bourget, France, ESA unveiled two new satcom initiatives, Govsatcom Precursor and Satellites for 5G.
20 Aug 2019
Three of Europe’s latest line of all-electric Spacebus Neo satellites are in production, proving new materials and industry cooperation.
12 Jul 2018
Within ARTES C&G Product phase, Reliance Precision Ltd have developed the EuroSMG Stepper Motor Gearbox, designed to meet the mechanism requirements for a high-power telecoms satellite application as specified by Airbus Defence & Space Limited.