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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.
Are optical satellite communications secure?🔒

Lasers are much harder to intercept than radio signals because the beam is way more narrow.

How fast can laser links be?⏩

They may be up to gigabits per second, like downloading everything in your Netflix watchlist in a second.

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November 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🧠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
#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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October 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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
📈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.🛰️

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October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM