Satellites for 5G to connect delivery vans seamlessly
A vehicle that remains continuously connected even when in remote areas is being road tested in Cornwall in the south west of the UK.
Jul 20, 2021
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European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) is an international organization with 18 member states headquartered in Paris, France with the purpose of combining talent, resources and funds to undertake space programs, study Earth, the Solar System and the Universe. The annual budget for ESA is over $3.5 billion. The primary member states are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In addition, Canada, Hungary, Romania operate under a cooperative agreement. Estonia and Slovenia have recently entered into a cooperative agreement.
- Address
- 8-10 rue Mario Nikis 75738 Paris Cedex 15
- Website
- http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html
- Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency
Engineering
Testing candidate materials for space missions
Going to space equals stress. As launcher propellant tanks are filled with fuel, or spacecraft structural panels experience the strain of orbital ascent, they undergo major force loading in multiple directions at once.
Jul 14, 2021
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Engineering
Space-enabled drones deliver rapid coronavirus response
Satellite-enabled drones have accelerated the provision of life-saving medical supplies at NHS hospitals in Scotland, boosting the country's efforts to combat COVID-19.
Jul 13, 2021
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Telecom
European system speeds data flow with 50,000 links
Valuable data is flowing rapidly from Earth observing satellites back to the planet, thanks to the most sophisticated laser communication network ever built.
Jun 24, 2021
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Engineering
3D printing could be used in search for black holes
An X-ray telescope designed to search for supermassive black holes could be built using a novel 3D-printing technique called plasma metal deposition.
May 5, 2021
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Telecom
Optical links to connect air passengers securely
A laser communications terminal prototype to demonstrate this vision is currently being developed by satellite manufacturer Airbus, working in partnership with the Netherlands organization for applied scientific research ...
Apr 8, 2021
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Telecom
ESAIL captures 2 million messages from ships at sea
The ESAIL microsatellite for making the seas safer has picked up more than two million messages from 70 000 ships in a single day.
Mar 31, 2021
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Telecom
Wi-Fi on planes boosted by satellite constellation
Flight passengers will soon be able to connect to their families and colleagues on Earth via low-orbit telecommunications satellites.
Mar 19, 2021
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Engineering
Image: Greener way to get satellites moving
A sustained test firing of a 'green' satellite thruster at Poland's Institute of Aviation, intended as a future alternative to today's hydrazine-based apogee engines, typically used by telecommunication satellites to maneuver ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Engineering
Testing a long-range Aera drone to raise the alarm on summer wildfires
Dutch drone company Avy—an alumnus of ESA's Business Incubation Center Noordwijk, next to the Agency's ESTEC technical center in the Netherlands—looked into using its long-range Aera drone to raise the alarm on summer ...
Feb 18, 2021
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