User Segment ITT’s – Schedule
08 Jun 2009
In 2005, there will be three rounds of the User Segment ITT. Rounds 2 and 3 are reissues of round 1. Start Date End…
Alphasat:
Announcement of Opportunities
08 Jun 2009
The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently signed a contract with Alcatel Space and EADS Astrium for the development and procurement of the Alphabus satellite…
Final Presentation on Mobile Ku Band Receiver Demonstrator
05 Jun 2009
The presentation is being held in the Arianezaal at the SpaceExpo building just outside ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk the Netherlands. Registration begins at 09:30 and the…
Broadband Access supports Tsunami relief efforts
04 Jun 2009
The service is being deployed in co-operation with the AirPutih Foundation. A key role of AirPutih is to provide emergency telecommunication facilities and a media/Internet…
TIA Info Days presentations available for download
02 Jun 2009
Programme and Department Heads for all of the Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) elements are giving a short presentation during Day One of TIA…
ESA and Inmarsat sign innovative Alphasat satellite contract
02 Jun 2009
The Alphasat programme is a major cooperation between the public and private sectors. With Alphasat, Inmarsat will be the first commercial customer for the Alphabus…
Satellite’s role in telemedicine
28 May 2009
The symposium was organised by ESA at ESRIN, its facility just outside Rome. Participants came from a variety of backgrounds including central and local government,…
Telemedicine system tailored for European rescue workers
28 May 2009
A new ESA-funded satellite telemedicine system called I-DISCARE goes operational later this year. It is an integrated hardware and software system for telemedicine that uses…
Distant doctors make their rounds via satellite
28 May 2009
The Agency’s involvement with satellite telemedicine began back in 1996, when ESA provided a satellite communication system to link Italian hospitals with a field hospital…
Expert care for patients via satellite telecommunications
28 May 2009
In a project called TelAny (Telemedicine Anywhere) funded by ESA, trials showed how satellite telecommunications can allow doctors to monitor and treat emergency cases or…