The Electra deployable thermal radiator (DTR) has successfully passed its deployment test, simulating the in-orbit deployment of the large thermal radiator panel that significantly increases the payload heat rejection capability of OHB’s all-electric Electra satellite.
UK start-up Darwin Innovation Group has recently launched a fully autonomous passenger shuttle at Harwell Campus, that is utilising integrated satellite and 5G communications for seamless operation. With the support of ESA and the UK Space Agency, the 1-year pilot phase of the project will demonstrate the performance of such vehicles in a real-world environment and investigate all related aspects, including user demand and insurance.
The European Space Agency (ESA), RHEA System Luxembourg, LuxSpace Sarl, Aurora Insight and the European Business Reliance Centre (EBRC) are joining forces for the development and deployment of a European Spectrum Monitoring System leveraging their respective core capabilities. A Memorandum of Intent (MoI) was signed last week in Luxembourg by Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications at ESA, together with industry representatives.
A Research Fellowship position with ESA’s Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (TIA) Directorate is now open at the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) in Oxfordshire, UK. The Directorate is responsible for co-ordinating, shaping and supporting innovation in satellite telecommunications and for promoting applications that combine space-based telecommunications, Earth observation and navigation systems.
Efforts to enable seamless connectivity and reduce the digital divide by using telecommunications satellites to enhance terrestrial 5G services have leapt forward.
A small European telecommunications satellite intended for launch into geostationary orbit some 36 000 kilometres above the Earth – which can be used as a basis for future satellites – has won support from ESA.
Ambitious plans to expand the nascent space industry in Greece – enabling the digital transformation of society while creating jobs and generating prosperity – have received a fillip from ESA.
Space-enabled 5G technologies – which will transform connectivity and reinforce the internet of things – have come a step closer, thanks to the formation of a new partnership.
