Satforum 08
23 Jan 2008
Communication via satellite essential in simulated disaster
08 Jan 2008
Thankfully, this was only a two-day training exercise conducted in the frame of the SAFE project (satellite for health early warning and for epidemiology), part…
Efficiency of satellite telecommunications for civil protection agencies
03 Jan 2008
The ‘Decision’ (DEvelopment of CIvil protection Satellite communication services: enhancing Interoperability during deployments Outside Europe – also referred to as ‘Multinational Telecoms Adaptor’) Project aims to…
Workshop reviews R&D activities with DVB-RCS
18 Dec 2007
The workshop included summaries of ongoing and future projects related to DVB-RCS in the framework of the Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) 1 and…
Start-Up Projects Initiative provides successful opportunity for Wired Ocean
30 Nov 2007
The ESA-sponsored project’s objective was to significantly improve the availability of internet access on ships at sea. Compared to commonly-used existing systems, the Wired Ocean…
Telemedicine supports a project of cooperation between Italy and Iraq
23 Nov 2007
The conference saw a high level of interaction among the spokesmen and people attending, said Alessandro Guarino from INTERSOS. A delegation of medical professionals from…
ESA and Inmarsat prepare for Alphasat
02 Nov 2007
Alphabus is a programme initiated by ESA and CNES to jointly develop a product through a project industrial team made of EADS Astrium and Thales…
Italy and Burkina Faso together on one virtual stage
02 Nov 2007
ISIDE intends to develop, implement and validate a satellite based system of N- (Networked) Cinema, oriented at providing a range of services and applications in…
Satellite on-board signal processing helps create emergency satcom system
02 Nov 2007
The Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (Italian Civil Protection Department) has signed an agreement with Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, to use Skyplex to create and manage…
Repository for ICT and E-Applications for Developing Countries Now Available
12 Oct 2007
Having noted the lack of an easily accessible way to gather summary information about such valuable knowledge, also identified as Capacity Building, ESA – in…