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EDRS: the space data highway

Learn about the most sophisticated laser communication network ever

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Passengers using devices on board a plane

Optical links to connect air passengers securely

08/04/2021 3515 views 89 likes

International Space Station laboratories seen during spacewalk

Astronauts to boost European connectivity

19/01/2021 5285 views 110 likes

EDRS-C

Data-relay satellite beams at light speed

16/07/2020 5842 views 118 likes

EDRS-C

Data-relay satellite ready for service

29/05/2020 6733 views 87 likes

Columbus over Earth

Space station to forge ultra-fast connections

07/02/2020 16431 views 81 likes

EDRS-C

Second space data highway satellite set to beam

23/01/2020 9107 views 85 likes

EDRS-C is launched

EDRS-C successfully launched

06/08/2019 14871 views 158 likes

Space data relay system shows its speed

01/08/2019 6296 views 122 likes

EDRS-C mated with launcher

30/07/2019 3807 views 57 likes

EDRS-C being fuelled

Next satellite in the European Data Relay System is fuelled

26/07/2019 3944 views 74 likes

EDRS-C satellite enters Antonov cargo plane

Next satellite in the European Data Relay System arrives in…

18/06/2019 2131 views 16 likes

EDRS-C in Airbus’s Compact Antenna Test Range facility

Latest node in the European Data Relay System passes antenn…

23/04/2019 2186 views 18 likes

Europe’s laser satellite in ship shape for 2019

23/01/2019 2654 views 20 likes

EDRS-C prepared for shipping

EDRS-C on the home stretch

20/06/2018 4985 views 33 likes

Full house for EDRS

13/03/2018 7259 views 103 likes