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Globally, self-driving shuttles are becoming real. Connected and autonomous vehicles demand highly-secure, high-speed, always-on networks to enable mission-critical decisions, as well as remote monitoring and tele-operations whilst carrying passengers.
Current deployments focus on urban environments where terrestrial connectivity exists. However, semi-urban, rural and other hard-to-connect locations require space-enabled, satellite-based connectivity. SatCAV seeks to address this challenge.
SAIRCC is an ESA Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Advanced Technology (AT) project, with the goal to study, evaluate and demonstrate the performance of a satellite system to be used as an alternative (or complement) to GSM-R, with particular focus on ERTMS/ETCS on-board applications. The project developed and validated a prototype of the resulting air interface in a Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform through realistic packet-level simulations.
The UPLINK project develops low-cost, extensively-compatible, high-power laser sources that can be seamlessly integrated into any Optical Ground Station (OGS), supporting the future needs for free-space satellite laser communications.
The market need for high data-rate (Gbps-Tbps) laser satellite communication requires robust and cost-effective Pointing, Acquisition and Tracking (PAT).
PATROL aims to de-risk the technology required for PAT and Adaptive Optics (AO) in Laser Communications Terminals (LCT) control electronics subsystems.
The new product is a reusable building block for LCTs on ground and in airborne applications.
Development of a modular, software-based abstraction layer for Optical Ground Stations (OGS), enabling seamless integration of diverse hardware components and client systems. The solution addresses current market challenges such as the coexistence of heterogeneous technologies, the growing demand for interoperability, and the need for scalable, future-proof infrastructure in optical communications and observation. By enhancing flexibility and standardisation, the project supports the rapid evolution of space communication and Earth observation services.
The development of non-metallic demisable propellant tanks reduces the costs and lead times related to manufacturing and delivery for all satellite configurations using metallic lined units and improves ground safety on uncontrolled re-entry.
By using novel combinations of available materials, high pressure gas tanks can be produced in a fraction of the current time and supplied from an open supply environment.
The objective of this study is to implement and demonstrate, through live demonstration over a real geostationary orbit (GEO) satellite, Multi-User Multiple Input Single Output (MU-MISO) digital signal processing techniques, namely precoding, in the Forward (FWD) link of a multi-beam satellite system operating in full frequency reuse (FFR). Additionally, the project aims to evaluate the suitability of precoding techniques to MEO mission scenarios. The study shall increase the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of precoding to five.
The TAQS project aims to develop a Transportable Agnostic Quantum ground Station to receive Quantum Keys from space (LEO and others) from a variety of potential key distribution quantum satellites. This means that TAQS will be able to interface with different satellites delivering different protocols, including DV-QKD (Discrete Variable Quantum Key Distribution) or CV-QKD (Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution).
The consortium for TAQS ELBB includes N10GLED as the prime contractor, and Single Quantum (Netherlands) Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço from Lisbon (Portugal) as consortium members.
Space Gate is the Ground User Segment (or Communication Ground Segment) of a satellite access network solution designed for High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and Very High Throughput Satellite (VHTS) systems to provide a wideband broadcast/broadband connectivity by satellite. The scope of this project covers improvements and optimisations of the Space Gate Data Centre that are specific to update to the R4.3 Space Gate version.
Austrian partners JOANNEUM RESEARCH, PIDSO and S+K Consult are developing a next-generation multi-orbit satellite communications antenna for geostationary orbit (GEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Combining modular, compact design with high performance and reliability, the project strengthens Austria’s space expertise, uniting research and industry, with PIDSO providing advanced antenna and wireless communication expertise.
ReFlex activities focus on the design, implementation, and testing of critical building blocks needed for in-flight reconfigurable flexible shell reflector antennas in various configurations. These include the reflecting shell, actuation subsystem, and a mechanical system for fixed shaped flexible shells suitable for "last minute production". The activity also includes the optimisation of antenna configurations to fully leverage the technology’s benefits.
SATSITY (SATellite-level spatial diverSITY) is a satellite communications unique technology. It combines simplex satellites, air interface protocols, and constellation architectures to boost the whole communication efficiency. This enables simultaneous transmission and reception within the same frequency band (from VHF to C).
The HBSE project delivers a hardware-based security module and supporting ground service for CubeSats, enabling robust end-to-end data encryption, secure key management, and authentication across both satellite and ground segments. This ensures confidentiality, integrity, and trust in commercial small satellite operations.
Global mobile communications are highly dependable of satellite technology. Existing geostationary orbit (GEO) and upcoming low Earth orbit (LEO) / medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites will offer great bandwidth, speed, coverage at reduced cost. On the ground segment, antennas must be prepared for this new scenario. Multi-beam, multi-orbit, high throughput, wideband, modular and scalable antenna with reduced SWaP-C is possible with our hybrid beamforming approach.
CELEOS provides a cutting-edge satellite channel emulator that combines high-end capabilities with cost-efficiency. Leveraging Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology and DIFI-standard digital interfaces, CELEOS supports complex scenarios such as mobility, Doppler, weather effects and interference. It integrates a built-in Digital Spectrum Analyser for real-time radio frequency (RF) insight and is now deployable also via the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, offering scalable, cloud-based emulation for modern satellite communication systems.
The rise in radio spectrum applications and users has made signal interference a critical issue in the satellite industry, which operates within tight frequency allocations. This activity explores using aerial mobile platforms to detect unauthorized transmitters and enhance spectrum management. The airborne platform aims to assist in the final stages of geolocation, also known as the last-mile geolocation.
The amount of data in satellite communications (satcom) systems is tremendous, and automating its on-board analysis is key in practice. However, the characteristics of such data may change in time, and the AI models should respond to these changes. We tackled this issue and developed the continual learning technology for satcom systems and benchmarked it on different flight-ready hardware architectures.
Planet 5G Video enables ultra-efficient video communication over direct-to-device 5G satellite networks. The solution empowers mission-critical users with reliable visual data at drastically reduced bandwidth and energy costs, supporting smarter decisions in limited-connectivity environments around the planet.
This project explores distributed quantum computing (DQC) via space-based connectivity, focusing on efficient long-distance entanglement distribution. We will survey use cases, parallelisable quantum algorithms, and hardware components like qubit platforms, photon sources, and quantum memories. Simulations will guide the design of a versatile architecture and a roadmap for future quantum technology development.
The project involves the development of two optical products using proprietary micro-optics assembly techniques. A prototype ultra compact entangled photon source emitting at 810 nm and an engineering model of a Faint Pulse Source (FPS) with orthogonally polarized light source pairs.
SHINE project is focused on developing a machine learning engine that aids handover decisions between non-terrestrial networks and terrestrial networks while dealing with partial information, uncertainty, time constraints, and rapidly changing communication environment. The ultimate goal is to assist the 5G NTN in developing the required cognition to improve the handover success rate to over 95%, decreasing thus the handover signalling load and the service interruption time to a minimum.
SETERIA‘s aim is the analysis of the feasibility of using satellite communications for the Next-Generation Emergency Call (NG-eCall) system, filling the gap of terrestrial connectivity in remote areas, ensuring that when terrestrial network coverage is unavailable, the in-vehicle system can seamlessly switch over to a non-terrestrial network to maintain connectivity. The feasibility study includes the development of a testbed that integrates various cutting-edge technologies across the different testbed subsystems to assess the suitability of the technology.
ONEST develops a modular testbed for optical and quantum communication networks, enabling optical ground stations and network elements to interconnect and operate in realistic, automated environments. It supports link planning, DTN-based data delivery, and roaming optical ground stations, with integrated simulation and scheduling capabilities.
In the context of NewSpace satellites’ market, more requirements on the payload in terms of data processing power and satellite communication capability are observed. To solve this gap in the market, the SDRNeXT project proposes a new next-generation Software-Defined-Radio (SDR); a highly modular, powerful data handling power and vast, configurable, analogue and Radio Frequency (RF) performances.
Design, manufacturing and test of an integrated low power module suitable for volume production, incorporating analogue and digital functions and enabling in-orbit dynamic capacity allocation and digital beamforming over a wide frequency range of 17 GHz to 31 GHz, with a useful bandwidth of up to 3.5 GHz, and 16 Radio Frequency (RF) interfaces.
The CREST-5G project addresses the escalating demand for seamless integration of satellite communication systems with terrestrial 5G networks, aiming to provide direct-to-device connectivity in regions where terrestrial coverage is inadequate or absent. Specifically, this project investigates the feasibility of implementing Time Division Duplexing (TDD) in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) operating within the C-band frequency spectrum.
The UAV-3S (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Satellite System Simulator) project focuses on design, development and testing of an end-to-end system simulator that provides performance indicators which are key for the development of UAV satellite terminals. The simulator supports both Command and Control (C&C), and payload data communications, geostationary (GSO) and non-GSO constellations, a variety of UAVs and realistic terrain morphology.
The Tawny DDBF ASIC is a next generation beamforming chip to optimise size, weight, power and performance for satellite ground-based user terminals, ultimately enabling satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) communications.
Everest aims to overcome the challenges of limited and unreliable connectivity in today’s Connected Vehicles and Critical Infrastructure/Energy Management markets, by relying on the world's first high-speed and uninterrupted global Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity solution using novel satellite technology.
Qoherent is developing an intelligent, AI-powered radio resource scheduler for deployment into open-source based 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) gNodeB’s. The scheduler has an inference subsystem that operates directly on IQ samples and performs inference corresponding to radio resource assignment with low latency. This technology has the potential to be included as a regenerative payload as part of an on-board 5G NTN gNodeB.
