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Interview with Magali Vaissiere, director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications
To mark the celebration of 50 years of European cooperation in space, we ask Magali Vaissiere, director of TIA, to highlight some of the noteworthy accomplishments of the Directorate over the years.
Today in ESA satcoms history
10 November 2014 – On this day, 30 years ago, one of Europe’s first telecommunications satellites, MARECS B2, was launched. The MARECS maritime communications satellites were the first European satellites of their kind.
News: an important milestone for ARTES 7 EDRS
The first component of Europe’s space data highway passed several critical tests this summer replicating the harsh launch and space conditions it will soon have to endure.
News: satellite-based air traffic management is now a step closer
Hawaiian Airlines (USA) has announced it will be the first commercial airline installing Inmarsat’s (UK) SwiftBroadband-Safety, a new air safety service for trans-oceanic flights that has been designed and developed through the Alphasat Private Public Partnership between Inmarsat and ESA.
Thanks to European telecoms satellites equipped with powerful, high-frequency Ka-band communications, affordable broadband Internet access via satellite is becoming a reality.
The two prize-winners have been announced during a speech by Patrick McLoughlin, UK Secretary of State for Transport.
The 9th edition of the ESA Investment Forum will take place on 2 July in Toulouse, France. This year’s edition is hosted by the Toulouse Space Show.
Kongsberg Norspace (Norway) books its first commercial order for the company's new-generation command receiver.
Because of ever-increasing data rates, a critical component for the new generation of Ka-band satellites is a high-power Output Multiplexer (OMUX).
With the support of ESA, Irish company Treemetrics has developed an innovative system that uses space and ground assets to map forests and monitor tree-harvesting machinery.