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Luxembourg strengthens its ties with ESA
13 September 2000
On 12 September, Mrs Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Minister for Culture, Higher Education and Research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Mr Antonio Rodotà, Director General of the European Space Agency, signed an agreement that will enable Luxembourg to participate in ESA’s ARTES telecommunications programme.
A member of the European Union and the Council of Europe, Luxembourg has already acquired experience in space matters through its
involvement in Intelsat, Eutelsat and Eurocontrol, and through its national activities linked to space. With this agreement, the Grand Duchy
will reinforce the European dimension of ESA.
ARTES, ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems programme, consists of several elements, each covering a particular
area of telecommunications such as on-board processing, multimedia/global information infrastructure, advanced mobile systems,
tele-education, tele-medicine, tele-conferencing and data exchange.
The programme aims to improve the competitiveness of European
industry on world markets for communications missions, and to promote new services for advanced communications systems. ARTES also
provides support to other application programmes (navigation and earth observation) through specific actions.
| | How ARTES 3 works | |
For further information, please contact:
ESA Communication Department
Media Relations Office
Tel. + 33 1 5369 7155
Fax. + 33 1 5369 7690
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| | Related links Signing ceremony Luxembourg - ESA PR 54-2000ESA's ARTES website
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