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Space Café WebTalk Recap: Elodie Viau on ESA’s Telecommunication outlook

Elodie Viau; Photo courtesy of her

In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (D/TIA), and Head of ECSAT, at the European Space Agency in Harwell, UK, talked about the new telecommunication outlook of her directorate.

Elodie Viau shared an outlook of telecommunication and space solutions projects of ESA in 2021. Not limited to that she talked about the financing models, public-private-partnerships, broadband constellations and how space will generate innovative solutions for citizens and the digital economy.

She also answered relevant questions from the audience.

This Space Cafè WebTalk, held on 19 January 2021, was hosted by Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. 

SpaceWatch.Global is a Switzerland-based digital magazine and portal for those interested in space and the far reaching impact of the space sector.

Here the video:

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