Registration open for the EDRS Hosted Payload Opportunity workshop
08 Sep 2011
The workshop will begin with presentation sessions designed to provide general information about the EDRS programme. The process that ESA will follow for the selection of…
ESA participates in Future Internet activities with new study
01 Sep 2011
“The integration of satcom within Future Internet (FI) networks is a very challenging task,” explains Maria Guta, ESA’s technical officer responsible for the study. “Satellite…
Notice of Intent deadline extended to Announcement of Opportunity for hosted payloads
31 Aug 2011
Interested parties are now asked to submit only a summary page of the Notice of Intent form providing preliminary information of the proposed payload. Other…
Announcement of Opportunity issued for hosted payloads on board EDRS satellite
31 Aug 2011
Key in this initial stage is assessing the compatibility with the EDRS mission, as well as the identification of funding sources, either private or public.…
Call for participation to the SAT-AIS Initiative Comparative Performance Assessment at System level
05 Aug 2011
As part of the SAT-AIS Initiative, ESA will establish a Comparative Performance Assessment (CPA) process. The main objective of the CPA is to assess the…
Hosted payload workshop presentations available for download
21 Jul 2011
Workshop attendees took part in sessions that discussed the mission objectives, development programme, technical achievements and exploitation of the hosted payloads on board Alphasat, developed…
Module mating: When a bus becomes a satellite
12 Jul 2011
Alphabus, the new European high-power telecommunications platform, jointly developed by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space under a joint ESA and Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)…
Celebrating 10 years of Artemis
12 Jul 2011
A launch problem on 12 July 2001 almost ended the mission before it even began, when the rocket’s upper stage injected Artemis into a low…
SAT-AIS – PPP scheme elaboration ITT issued
08 Jul 2011
It includes the following: 1. Investigate and propose possible PPP schemes for the SAT-AIS covering one or more of the following elements: SAT-AIS Operator, Commercial Service Provider…
First Invitiations to Tender Posted For Iris (ARTES 10)
30 Jun 2011
Tender 1-5522 is the Definition Phase of the Satellite System for ARTES 10. Its objective is to provide a solid design and development plan for…