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ESA Connectivity and Secure Communications
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Advancing space-based connectivity – bringing broadband to rural areas, supporting crisis response, enhancing cybersecurity, and connecting everyone, everywhere, at all times. Part of the European Space Agency @esa.int family.
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Let’s show the world what a united Europe can achieve. Discover what's at stake at ESA's Council at Ministerial Level 2025, taking place next week in Bremen 👇
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November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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It's shiny, it's multicolored... what is it? Random guesses only.

This is a zoomed-in part of an image-reveal 🤭

Best guess will be featured this Thursday😉

Full image reveal on Monday 24 November
Abstract space-themed graphic featuring two white circles connected by a diagonal white line, set against a dark teal background. A light blue arc curves across the top left, and a small white star shape appears on the right. A red, yellow, and blue triangular color accent sits near the upper circle.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Next week, #Europe 's future in space will be decided.

You can find out more in our dedicated #CM25 website.
esa.int European Space Agency @esa.int · 17h
Our next Ministerial Council will take place on 26-27 November, in Bremen, Germany. Vital decisions will be made on Europe's future in space.

Check out our dedicated #CM25 website 👇
🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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European internet from space working for science 💪🏼

Thanks to @eutelsat.bsky.social OneWeb LEO network, part of the Sunrise partnership with @esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
eutelsat.bsky.social Eutelsat @eutelsat.bsky.social · 1d
European space innovation, in action at sea 🌊

Through the Sunrise Partnership with @esaconnectivity.esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social, our OneWeb LEO network is keeping Kairos’s WeExplore connected while the crew carries out vital scientific work.

Check out the full story, below ⤵️
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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24 years ago at ESA Ministerial Council 2001👇

A visionary plan for Europe’s satcomms took shape, including approval of the Alphasat mission for fast connectivity and mobile services.

As #CM25 approaches, our ambition is unchanged: meeting Europe’s connectivity needs and strengthening its autonomy🌐
Representatives of the Member States during the ESA Ministerial Council in Edinburgh, 2001.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Did you know that Greenland:

- is the largest island that's not a continent 🌍
- is 80% covered by ice 🧊
- will be home to the northernmost optical ground-to-satellite laser communication system⚡

Thanks to Astrolight - in partnership with ESA.

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Laser beam sent upwards against a dark background, with tones of red and orange.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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🧠Big innovations in space start with an idea... and a catalyst who believes in it.

@esa.int’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme helps ideas turn into orbit-ready reality.🛰️

Funding, expertise, and legitimacy all in one place.

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November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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What lasted 18 years but was only meant for 7?

Marecs B2, launched #OTD in 1984 on an Ariane 3! 🛰️

One of Europe’s first telecom satellites, keeping ships connected with alerts, forecasts and news.🚢

A true overachiever in space history🌍

@eurospacehistory.bsky.social #ESAarchives
Ariane 3 rocket launching in the dark. Cloud of smoke on the lower part.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Meet the Communication Space Segment Manager!🌔🛰️

Nicola leads the ESA and Industry team for the Moonlight Communication Space Segment to ensure future Lunar Users are able to meet their mission objectives and communicate effectively.

Read what she has to say👇

Moonlight 👉 bit.ly/41hDmco
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November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🤔Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a part of ESA's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications?

ESA Student Internships are now open and there are a few internships in our field! 🤩

jobs.esa.int/search/?crea...

#ESA #internship #satellites
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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The ESA Council at Ministerial Level is a time for critical decisions.

In less than a month, ESA’s Member, Associate and Cooperating States will meet to strengthen 🇪🇺's space sector and ensure it continues to serve 🇪🇺 citizens and resilience. #CM25

#tbt to the last Ministerial Council in 2022.
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Building on its strong expertise in security and resilience, Poland is uniquely positioned to play a leading role in ESA’s European Resilience from Space initiative at ESA's Ministerial Council, a timely opportunity to reaffirm its long-term strategic commitment to European space leadership.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Europe needs to synchronise space for defence initiatives, align competencies, avoid duplication & pool resources. We remain too fragmented to guarantee Europe with genuine, comprehensive and autonomous space resilience. We have an opportunity to change that, and we must.
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Europe turns to space to boost resilience
The role of space for security was presented at a high-level event in Brussels on Tuesday.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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#Europe 's resilience is being tested. It's time to act now.

Our programme IRIS² aims to be the backbone for secure governmental communications for the broader @esa.int programme European Resilience from Space.

To ensure everyone is securely connected, wherever, whenever it's most needed.🌐
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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SpainSat NG II has made it into space after it's launch early this morning 🥳

In around five months, it will arrive to geostationary orbit 🛰️

Congratulations to Hisdesat on their successful deployment of the second satellite in the SpainSat NG programme!

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October 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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A step towards secure communications 🔒💪
eshard.bsky.social eShard @eshard.bsky.social · 27d
eShard won the European Space Agency tender to supply a Hardware Security Laboratory at ESTEC.
The lab covers Side-Channel Analysis, Electromagnetic Fault Injection, and voltage and clock glitching.

Read more: eshard.com/posts/esa-es... #hardware #cybersecurity
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Faster speeds and wider coverage?

NeXat's award-winning virtual platform makes it possible by helping satellite operators manage their satellites more efficiently 🟰 quicker and smoother connection between satellites and grounds stations.

Learn more 👉 connectivity.esa.int/news/esa-cel...
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📶Personalised, fast in-flight Wi-Fi is taking off, in a big way…

Thanks to an ESA-supported demonstration of a new type of antenna on top of planes, Viasat has developed an innovative in-flight connectivity solution, Viasat Amara.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Applications...
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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🤔 Who decides and when/how often is it decided how our programmes get selected?

Read more about #CM25 👇🏼
esa.int European Space Agency @esa.int · Oct 9
🚀It’s almost time to shape the next chapter of Europe’s journey in space.

The European Space Agency’s Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, known as #CM25, will take place in Bremen, Germany, on 26 and 27 November 2025.

Journalists register here 👉
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October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🎬Imagine downloading your Netflix film 200 times faster!!

We are one step closer to it, thanks to a Memorandum of Intent signed by SNS JU and ESA to accelerate innovation of how to connect ground and space 6G networks.

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October 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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October’s #ObjectOfTheMonth from #ESAarchives digs into the handover from ESRO to ESA in 1975, seen through the lens of its 'Communication Satellites Programme Board'. More on this 'new' ESA committee👇

historicalarchives.esa.int#oom #50YearsOfESA @eui-euarchives.bsky.social @esaconnectivity.esa.int
Minutes from the first meeting of ESA Communication Satellites Programme Board (PB-Tel) 1976 artist’s impression of meeting room for the new ESA HQ building, rue Mario Nikis, Paris
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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🚗A self-driving car... in the middle of nowhere?

That's what SmartCity MK CIC are trying to achieve, thanks to a recently awarded contract from @esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social

This could be crucial for emergency response in underserved areas🌍

www.smartcityconsultancy.co.uk/news/uk-spac...
UK Space Agency and European Space Agency award SatCAV Contract — Smart City Consultancy
For immediate release: 14 October 2025 We are delighted to announce that the UK Space Agency and European Space Agency (ESA) have recently awarded the SatCAV contract to Smart City MK CIC and its c...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Connectivity at sea 🌊: just one more thing communication satellites make possible.

Watch how Kairos We Explore's catamaran stayed connected this summer on it's way to the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice... conducting science research at the same time.

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A sailboat glides across the open sea during sunset, its sail illuminated by the golden light of the sun directly behind it. The sky is partly cloudy, casting warm hues across the horizon, while the sun’s reflection creates a shimmering path on the water leading to the boat.
October 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Who are the faces in the Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications at ESA?🤔

Meet David Phillips, Head of the Systems, Strategic Programme Lines and Technology Department.

Find out more about his priorities and challenges as new Head of Department 👇

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October 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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📈Boosting Europe in the geostationary market!

The Neosat Partnership Project helps European competitiveness to grow by supporting the development and creation of innovative satellite platforms.🛰️

www.esa.int/Applications...
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM