Satellite broadband for all
5 Nov 2014
Thanks to European telecoms satellites equipped with powerful, high-frequency Ka-band communications, affordable broadband Internet access via satellite is becoming a reality.
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Winners of the ESA/EIT Space For Rail Competition
5 Nov 2014
The two prize-winners have been announced during a speech by Patrick McLoughlin, UK Secretary of State for Transport.
2014 ESA Investment Forum
10 Nov 2014
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.
Another commercial breakthrough for Kongsberg Norspace
5 Nov 2014
Kongsberg Norspace (Norway) books its first commercial order for the company's new-generation command receiver.
Tesat's new high-power Ka-band output multiplexer
5 Nov 2014
Because of ever-increasing data rates, a critical component for the new generation of Ka-band satellites is a high-power Output Multiplexer (OMUX).
Logging the smart way
5 Nov 2014
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.
Satellites improving lives in rural Africa
5 Nov 2014
An ESA-supported project is showing how satcoms can help farmers, voters and educators in rural Africa.
Supercapacitors in space
5 Nov 2014
Increasingly common on Earth, supercapacitors may soon be finding their way on to telecommunications satellites.
Promising new anti-interference techniques for satcoms
5 Nov 2014
The satellite industry is continually looking for ways to improve the robustness of satellite communications. Under the ARTES programme, ESA has been supporting various approaches to make satellite transmissions less susceptible to interference.
The SmallGEO - Hispasat AG1 satellite: ready for testing
5 Nov 2014
With the successful mating of the payload and platform modules, another important milestone has been reached in the development of the SmallGEO Hispasat AG1 spacecraft.