ARTES
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ARTES is a long-running and large-scale European project intended to support the development of advanced satcom
products and services.
It has a large number of elements, including:
SATCOM
SATCOM or Satcom may refer to:* Short for Satellite Communications and used frequently in the context of VSAT * Communications satellites or comsats...
products and services.
It has a large number of elements, including:
- ARTES 1 (Preparatory) : strategic analysis, market analysis, technology and system feasibility studies, and the development and support of new satcom standards.
- ARTES 3 and 4 (Products) : a very wide-ranging section covering everything from pieces of payload to entire telecom systems
- ARTES 5 (Technology) : long-term technological development driven by ESA or by the satcom industry
- ARTES 7 (EDRS): development and implementation of the European Data Relay SatelliteEuropean Data Relay SatelliteThe European Data Relay Satellite system will be a constellation of GEO satellites intended to relay information between other satellites and ground stations, to allow full-time communications even with satellites in low-Earth orbit which are often not visible from any European-operated ground...
system
- ARTES 8 (Alphabus, Alphasat): development of the AlphabusAlphabusAlphabus is the name given to a family of heavy geostationary communications satellites.Alphabus is developed by a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and EADS Astrium Satellites in France, with support of the Centre national d'études spatiales , the french space agency and the European Space...
platform and the Alphasat satellite which will be the first to use it
- ARTES 10 (Iris): development of the Iris system for air traffic management from space
- ARTES 11 (Small GEO): development of the 'Luxor Platform' for small GEO satellites, to be launched on Hispasat
- ARTES 20 (Integrated Applications ProgrammeIntegrated Applications Promotion (IAP) ProgrammeThe Integrated Applications Promotion programme is a new ESA's framework that supports the development of added value services through combining space assets with existing terrestrial assets.IAP is organised around three major elements:* Awareness...
): supporting the development of added value services based on the integration of existing satellite assets (eg telecommunications and earth observation)