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Today in ESA satcoms history
10 November 2014 – On this day, 30 years ago, one of Europe’s first telecommunications satellites, MARECS B2, was launched. The MARECS maritime communications satellites were the first European satellites of their kind.
News: an important milestone for ARTES 7 EDRS
The first component of Europe’s space data highway passed several critical tests this summer replicating the harsh launch and space conditions it will soon have to endure.
News: satellite-based air traffic management is now a step closer
Hawaiian Airlines (USA) has announced it will be the first commercial airline installing Inmarsat’s (UK) SwiftBroadband-Safety, a new air safety service for trans-oceanic flights that has been designed and developed through the Alphasat Private Public Partnership between Inmarsat and ESA.
Thanks to European telecoms satellites equipped with powerful, high-frequency Ka-band communications, affordable broadband Internet access via satellite is becoming a reality.
The two prize-winners have been announced during a speech by Patrick McLoughlin, UK Secretary of State for Transport.
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.
Kongsberg Norspace (Norway) books its first commercial order for the company's new-generation command receiver.
Because of ever-increasing data rates, a critical component for the new generation of Ka-band satellites is a high-power Output Multiplexer (OMUX).
With the support of ESA, Irish company Treemetrics has developed an innovative system that uses space and ground assets to map forests and monitor tree-harvesting machinery.
An ESA-supported project is showing how satcoms can help farmers, voters and educators in rural Africa.