https://spacewatch.global/tag/artes-programme/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:00:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/artes-programme/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/quadsat-performs-antenna-tests-with-a-drone/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40183 QuadSAT has worked alongside teams from the ESA’s ESOC mission control centre to complete a measurement campaign of large antennas at Kiruna Earth Station, QuadSAT said. This was the first time that a drone-based system, QuadSAT UAS, was used to measure a 15-metre antenna along with performing tracking tests with it.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/esa-asks-inmarsat-consortium-to-develop-disaster-warning-system/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32284&preview=true&preview_id=32284 Luxembourg, 27 April 2021. – The European Space Agency (ESA) has asked a consortium around Inmarsat to develop a natural disaster early warning system. The London-based satellite operator, the research organization SINTEF and the Norwegian company Geonor have been awarded a three-year contract with ESA, Inmarsat said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/hiberdrive-brings-new-level-of-control-to-cubesat-market/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15357 Backed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Netherlands Space Office via the ARTES programme, HiberDrive brings capabilities to CubeSats, previously accessible only to large satellites.]]>