The newest issue opens with an interview with Mr Ralph Bierett, Head of the Strategy and Future Programmes Department within the Telecommunication and Navigation Directorate. Mr Bierett discusses about recent developments and future ideas for ESA TEN.
You will also want to read about the signing of the Small GEO Platform contract between ESA and OHB/Germany. The signing of the 100 million euro framework contract was the next in developing a European Small Geostationary Satellite platform for telecommunication missions.
One of the most exciting developments to come from ESA must be the Car Radio of the future. The initial prototype was demonstrated at the Space Expo in Noordwijk, The Netherland earlier this year. ESA and its partners are developing this to bring not just radio but multimedia content to Europeans in the near future. Read the CONNECT newsletter to get inside.
All this and more can be found in the latest issue CONNECT newsletter.
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