ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications

🛰️📈Future Preparation is the strategy element of our Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme. Its primary purpose is to identify new market opportunities for industry, define future technology development needs, ensure future access to the frequency spectrum, create growth by developing new industry standards and build new programmatic activity. 💡Learn more about Future Preparation and funding opportunities here👉https://lnkd.in/eQQ5wV6D 📖Explore our interactive ARTES brochure👉https://lnkd.in/eSESuxAE

This November marks 10 years since Hungary became a Member State of ESA. Today, I was honoured to have been present in Martonvásár, at a topping-out ceremony to commemorate a key milestone in the building of Hungary’s new satellite manufacturing facility: the REMTECH Space Technology Competence Center. The facility, which benefits from joint investment from 4iG Group and Remred Space Technologies, has now reached its maximum height and will become a unique facility, not just for satellite technology but also a centre of innovation, expertise and international cooperation.   I thank my ESA colleagues, the Hungarian Ministry, 4iG Space and Defence Technologies and Remred Space Technologies for the fruitful discussions.   Josef Aschbacher European Space Agency - ESA ESA Commercialisation Gateway ESA Earth Observation ESA Operations, Engineering & Space Safety Levente Balogh Balázs Zábori 4iG Space and Defence Technologies Remred Szabolcs S. Oliver Szabo Emilio Vez Rodríguez Dominique Gilliéron Giuseppe Mandorlo Alexi Glover Benoît Pouffary Nadine Boersma Frédéric Rouesnel Emily Newton Cecilia Blacker Sy Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium

🚨The deadline for expressions of interest is 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! Apply now👇

🚨𝐄𝐒𝐀 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬: 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 3 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬!   📅Date: Thursday 10 April 🕒Time: 14:00-17:00 CET 🔍Eligibility: Companies in ESA Member/Cooperating States   We are delighted to be hosting a crucial webinar showcase: ✅Our conclusions from previous industry consultations (with National Regulatory Authorities, satellite mission operators, users of satellite-based services/ European providers of space- and ground-based solutions for spectrum monitoring and interference location) 🤝ESA exchanges with National Regulatory Authorities and the International Telecommunication Union ✍New RF frameworks developments in Europe since November 2024 💡3 new tender opportunities for CleanWaves - Space Systems for Safety and Security programme. Contracts of up to 1.5 million euros, with parallel contracts possible.   🔗Register now: https://lnkd.in/eCpEpD-T   💡 Find out more about ESA's work on CleanWaves last November 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTJckwWw

🔔𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖: 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭!🔔 🛰️🐞We're inviting industry and research centres to shape the future of Ladybird: the new flat satellite standard for Direct-to-Device applications! This standard is envisioned as a community-derived design guideline. The primary goal of maximising the efficiency of stacking and integration in launch vehicles is achieved with low-cost flat satellites developed by multiple platform providers, similar to the CubeSat standard. The collaborative effort ensures interoperability, scalability, in-orbit assembly of larger functional elements such as antennas, as well as cost reduction for the entire ecosystem. It could be a source of opportunities for satellite integrators, equipment and component providers to produce standardised solutions at scale. ⚠️Please note that this activity is open to ESA Member States, Cooperating States and Associate States only. Express your interest by 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 28 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 2025! Your feedback is valuable to us 👉 https://lnkd.in/efu6Z_Nf

🛰️Announcing our Introduction to 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬: 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 course! 📅When: 8-11 July 2025 📍Location: Oxford's Rewley House, Oxford, United Kingdom Join leading experts in secure space communications, cyber security and relevant emerging technologies in this exclusive training programme. The course, specifically designed for professionals interested in gathering a comprehensive introduction of satellite secure communication. As we support and drive the capabilities of Member States’ industry, we’re committed to ensuring Europe develops the brightest talent needed, to accompany this growth in global standing. The course will equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of secure space communications systems, including technical and strategic aspects. 🎟️Register now👉 https://lnkd.in/eSekZWif

🌖We're pleased to welcome Viasat to our Moonlight programme!   🛰️Supporting the industrial programme lead Telespazio, Viasat will develop the end-to-end communications service, covering lunar satellites, ground segment and lunar user terminals. This critical communications and navigation infrastructure is needed for sustainable lunar exploration.   🌍Viasat's expertise will help catalyse the lunar ecosystem, with the programme already benefitting from major support from the UK Space Agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, and European Space Agency - ESA Member States. Initial operations targeted for 2028 and full deployment by 2030, Moonlight represents a crucial stepping stone in humanity's multiplanetary journey. 🗣️"Moonlight is a game changer for lunar exploration. By providing reliable communications and navigation as a service, we're enabling future missions to dedicate more of their payload capacity to mission-critical instruments," said Laurent Jaffart, ESA’s Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications. "This interoperable infrastructure will significantly enhance mission capabilities while reducing complexity and cost, ultimately accelerating humanity's return to the Moon."   💡Discover more👉 https://lnkd.in/e7mb7hNr Learn more about the Moonlight programme👉https://lnkd.in/edqjSybD ESA Navigation

🔔Registration has officially opened for our ScyLight Conference, which will be held in Dublin, Ireland, from 3 to 5 June 2025! The ScyLight Conference aims to be a dynamic and engaging event, supported by interesting and sharp pitches - and we're accepting abstracts by 28 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 2025. 💡Secure your place and submit an abstract here 👉https://lnkd.in/eu5wejrw

🛰️🌏European Space Agency - ESA and Japan’s Space Compass Corporation partner to pioneer next-generation optical communication network! 🤝We signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI), marking a pivotal advancement in optical communication networks. The MoI will work to jointly conduct the feasibility study of interoperability of optical communication between each network under Japan’s LAIDEN project and ESA’s HydRON demonstration system. 📈The collaboration strengthens Europe's position in optical communication innovation while fostering crucial international partnerships. 💡Learn more👉https://lnkd.in/eCtkNtkU

By bringing together two pioneering optical communication initiatives in the Space Compass Corporation’s LAIDEN project and ESA’s HydRON, we’re demonstrating the growing importance and strategic nature required to advance optical technologies. I am delighted with this international cooperation, which ensures the role of ESA Member States in driving, developing and demonstrating recognised, world-class optical communication technologies to benefit Europe and beyond. https://lnkd.in/dmeYNzYX European Space Agency - ESA Space Compass Corporation New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) NICT Axelspace NEC Corporation Koichiro Matsufuji