New activity - Inflatable structures for telecom satellites.

The need for ever-more powerful telecom satellites drives the development of the associated technologies.   A key example is the need for lightweight, large systems such as solar arrays and radiators, usually deployed in-orbit using booms and masts made from rigid structures.  An alternative strategy is the use of inflatable structures, where deployment is achieved via/through gas inflation.  Such structures are considered very attractive owing to their high mechanical packing efficiency and low mass.  For this reason, inflatable structures are potentially a key technology that could have a wide range of applications for future satellite communications missions.

ARTES 4S Strategic Programme Line ("Space systems for Safety and Security") has been created at the last Space 19+ ESA council held at Ministerial level. The aim was to cope with the need of specific efforts towards next generation secure SATCOM solutions designed to serve governmental needs and support critical infrastructures and applications.

10^th FOKUS FUSECO FORUM: 5G Reality Check: State Of Play In 5G Technologies, Applications & How To Start With 5G

Join us at the European Space Agency’s first ever Space2Connect conference taking place between 11 to 14 October 2021. This virtual event will be streamed from ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk in the Netherlands, and we invite you to participate!

On Wednesday 2 October 2019, the European Space Agency and SESAR Deployment Manager are organising an event to update all ATM stakeholders on Iris, a new satellite-based air–ground communication system for Air Traffic Management.

The 2019 5G SatCom Seminar aims to bring experts from industry, academia and research to exchange their vision on 5G SatCom and create new business opportunities through integrated 5G communications.

The 2019 IEEE 2^nd 5G World Forum (5GWF’19) aims to bring experts from industry, academia and research to exchange their vision as well as their achieved advances towards 5G, and encourage innovative cross-domain studies, research, early deployment and large-scale pilot showcases that address the challenges of 5G.

One of the great engines of economic growth worldwide is the space sector, which has become one of the most influential industries to transform society.

The newly formed Access Space Alliance holds its inaugral conference on the small satellites sector. The event will be hosted at ECSAT, Harwell Campus.