ESA and its partners will investigate how satellites can distribute photon ‘keys’ to help secure encryption.

The workshop will give an opportunity for you to present and discuss the progress and advances that have been made in the optical communication domain since last year.

ESA Business Applications is reaching out to the aviation sector players, space actors, user communities and National Delegations, to present the results of concluded activities and discuss on new opportunities.

Airbus is developing a ‘Pacis-5’ demonstrator under ESA’s Govsatcom Precursor programme. Pacis-5 kicked-off in June 2017 and will run for two years.

ESA has awarded a contract to Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global, mobile satellite communications (satcom), as the prime contractor for the new “Pacis-6” Govsatcom Precursor project under ESA’s ARTES programme.

On 21 June 2017, at the airshow in Le Bourget, France, ESA unveiled two new satcom initiatives, Govsatcom Precursor and Satellites for 5G.

On 21 November 2017, ESA and an SES-led European consortium agreed to join forces to set up a new platform that will make secure and affordable satcoms available to public users, as part of a Europe-wide push to help governments get the most out of existing systems and services.

Organized by TEC-EFE Directorate of ESA in collaboration with CNES, the workshop is a premier event to present the status and trends in the fields of microwave filters and passive hardware.

This is a unique opportunity to gain an overview of all the recently completed activities and to discuss them with colleagues from both ESA and industry across the satellite telecommunications sector.

Three of Europe’s latest line of all-electric Spacebus Neo satellites are in production, proving new materials and industry cooperation.