Thanks to European telecoms satellites equipped with powerful, high-frequency Ka-band communications, affordable broadband Internet access via satellite is becoming a reality.

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.

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.

ESA announces a public–private partnership with LuxSpace of Luxembourg and exactEarth of Canada to develop a next-generation SAT-AIS satellite.

The two prize-winners have been announced during a speech by Patrick McLoughlin, UK Secretary of State for Transport.

Sodern has introduced a version of its HYDRA star tracker specifically designed for the telecommunications market.

Two ARTES brochures have been updated and are now online. They are both available for download in PDF format.

Increasingly common on Earth, supercapacitors may soon be finding their way on to telecommunications satellites.

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.

Satellites bring the 2014 World Cup into our homes around the world.