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Tele-medicine, one of the new applications of telecommunications

ESA mission

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Road traffic monitoring, a new application of telecommunications

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Orbital Test Satellite (OTS) - artist's impression

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In-orbit configuration of ESA's OTS-2 telecom satellite. Launched 12 May 1978, the highly successful OTS-2 was not retired from geostationary orbit until January 1991. ESA's Orbital Test Satellite (OTS) project demonstrated technologies and techniques for a new generation of telecommunications satellites, leading directly to the ECS and Marecs designs.

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A giant orbiting test bed

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When ESA's Olympus satellite was launched on 12 July 1989 it was the world's largest telecommunications satellite - no other satellite has yet equalled its versatility in combining four different payloads in a wide variety of frequency bands.

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The future

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Artemis, an artist's impression. Carrying three payloads plus a number of experiments, Artemis (Advanced Relay and Technology Mission Satellite) is being developed for testing and operating new telecommunications techniques.

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Last update: 15 December 2008

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