11 Dec 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) has partnered with Viasat, ESSP and its consortium of industry partners to bring Iris secure satellite communications to the forefront of the US aviation sector, as part of a long-standing ESA effort to push space-based digital communications solutions for air traffic management.
3 Nov 2025
The innovative 5G protocol, introducing Conditional Handover, allows satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide reliable connectivity whilst switching between ground and satellite infrastructures, advancing the integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.
11 Oct 2025
The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to collaborate on developing integrated 6G terrestrial and satellite networks.
9 Sep 2025
The paper – titled “Converging Earth and Space: Advancing Automotive” and featuring research conducted under the Space for 5G/6G and Sustainable Connectivity programme of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) – explores how the European automotive industry has already leveraged space services for connectivity, navigation and logistics, as well as how there are still avenues to further increase market competitiveness, passenger comfort, and safety by integrating space solutions into the automotive industry.
ESA's Connectivity and Secure Communications and the Future Communications Research and Development Programme (FCP) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have formalised a tighter research partnership on 5G/6G non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). This collaboration falls within the Space for 5G/6G & Sustainable Connectivity programme of ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES).
13 May 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) of Japan met at the NICT Innovation Center in Tokyo on 31 March. The meeting discussed the key results of trials resulting from the ESA-NICT collaboration on 5G/6G and satellite, the lessons learned, and technical areas of interest for an extension of the collaboration, funded under ESA’s Space for 5G/6G and Sustainable Connectivity.