EDRS – the future space data highway

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<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:FR;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">The new ‘space data highway’ will solve the growing problem of ‘data traffic jams in space’. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:FR;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Astrium is working with the European Space Agency to design, deliver and operate the European Data Relay System (EDRS), <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">a constellation of geostationary satellites which will transmit data at very high speed from other satellites in low Earth orbit, for </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:FR;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">on-demand access to Earth observation data in real-time.</span></p>

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