Satcom for Education I nnovative Schools – teaching & learning in the digital era N. Hübner Integrated and Telecom related Applications European Space Agency Brussels, 04/ 05/ 2015 Document Number: ESA-TI AA-HO-2015-0557 ESA UNCLASSI FI ED – For Official Use
PURPOSE OF ESA “ To provide for and promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes, cooperation among European states in space research and technology and their space applications. ” Article 2 of ESA Convention
2 2 MEMBER STATES AND GROW I NG ESA has 2 2 Mem ber States: AT, BE, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI , FR, I T, GR, HU, I E, LU, NL, NO, PT, PL, RO, SE, UK Six other EU states have Cooperation Agreements with ESA: Slovenia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and the Slovak Republic. Bulgaria is negotiating a Cooperation Agreement. Canada takes part in some programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.
ACTI VI TI ES ESA is one of the few space agencies in the world to combine responsibility in nearly all areas of space activity. • Navigation 1 . Space science • Telecom m unications & 2 . Hum an spaceflight I ntegrated Applications 3 . Exploration • Technology 4 . Earth observation • Operations 5 . Launchers * Space science is a Mandatory program m e , all Member States contribute to it according to GNP . All other programmes are Optional, funded ‘a la carte’ by Participating States.
ESA 2 0 1 5 BUDGET BY DOMAI N European Cooperating Space Situational Awareness States Agreement 0.3% , 13.9 M€ (ECSA) 0.0% , 2.0 M€ Technology support* 2.4% , 105.3 M€ Basic Activities 5.2% , 232.1 M€ Robotic Exploration & Prodex 3.5% , 155.8 M€ Scientific Programme 11.5% , 507.9 M€ Navigation* 15.0% , 664.5 M€ Associated with General Budget 4.7% , 209.0 M€ Telecom & Integrated Budget 2015 Applications* 4433.0 M€ 7.0% , 309.2 M€ Earth Observation* 28.3% , 1254.3 M€ Human Spaceflight 8.4% , 371.4 M€ M€ : Million Euro * includes Program m es im plem ented for Launchers other I nstitutional Partners 13.7% , 607.7 M€
TELECOMMUNI CATI ONS & I NTEGRATED APPLI CATI ONS
The ARTES program m e as of today ( = Advanced Research in TElecom m unication System s) A balanced combination of generic envelope programme Elements ARTES 1: Preparatory ARTES 3-4: Satcom Space and Ground Segment Products and Satcom Applications ARTES 5: Technology ARTES 20: Integrated Applications Promotion and specific Mission/ System orientated Programme Elements ARTES 7: EDRS – European Data Relay Satellite System ARTES 8: Alphabus/ Alphasat – Large Platform Mission ARTES 10: Iris – Satcom for Air Traffic Management ARTES 11: Small GEO platform/ mission ARTES 14: NEOSAT – Next Generation Platform ARTES 21: Sat-AIS – Satellite Automatic Identification System ARTES 33: Industry initiated Public Private Partnerships
ESA’s I ntegrated Applications Prom otion Program m e ( ARTES 2 0 ) The goal : Foster new utilization of existing space capacity and capability, in close partnership w ith end-users, through the developm ent of integrated ( different space and non space technologies) applications projects w hich dem onstrate a potential for sustainable services. Addressing global challenges in different them atic areas: Space for: Health, Safety, Transport, Energy, W ater, Environm ent, Agriculture, I nsurance, Education, … Incubator of Services
Many households in Europe are not expected to have broadband even by 2 0 2 0 Projected % of households that do not have a superfast line by 2020 (the inverse of the commercial take-up by 2020). They may be outside the footprint for superfast networks or they may have accessibility but either cannot afford it or just have nott taken a line Results from the BB-MED ( B road B and ME diterranean D evelopment) ESA Study made in cooperation with the EI B
I nvestm ent gap: a m ajor bottleneck • The Council of the EU notes [ 1] : The investment needs for achieving the Digital Agenda objective are estimated to reach up to EUR 270 billion … while the private sector investment is expected to be not more than EUR 50 billion until 2020: the resulting investment gap represents a major bottleneck to infrastructure provision • Even for basic Broadband: ‘A huge investment would be needed to secure 1Mbps coverage at an affordable price for all households in the EU’ according to Commissioner Kroes [ 2] • Satellite broadband appears as the most efficient and in many cases the only means for providing broadband in areas where the cost of terrestrial network deployment is prohibitive • In particular in rural and remote areas, where satellites may be the only means for communication, their role may be key for growth and for retaining local population • Satellites are recognized by Governments as a means to connect rural citizens: in Australia public plans for broadband include 48.000 satellite internet connections (10.000 already in place) using existing satellites, and two new high throughput broadband satellites (HTS) have been ordered [ 1] Council of the EU, Brussels, 30 and 31 May 2012-Conclusions on the Digital Single Market and Governance of the Single Market [ 2] Commissioner N. Kroes, SPEECH/ 10/ 537, Dublin, 12 October 2010 ESA UNCLASSI FI ED – For Official Use
ESA Telecom applications on education Exam ples Within ESA’s Satcom application programmes activities on tele-education / tele-learning since more than 15 years. Examples (ref: http: / / artes.esa.int) • Espresso for Schools (1998-1999): High bandwidth delivery of interactive, rich multimedia content in UK primary school curricula (pilot with 200 UK schools) • TRAPEZE (1999-2001): satellite tele-education service showcase for travelling people like those in circus or fairground communities using 2-way Satcom platform (pilot with 3 schools in Poland) • CROCUS - CROss-Cultural Satellite services for im m igrant com m unities in Europe (2000-2003): disseminate multimedia and interactive didactic units for 1 st / 2 nd language learning and intercultural education via Satcom to schools, cultural centres, libraries, etc. to facilitate the integration of migrant students (pilot with 30 schools and cultural centres in Italy and Albania) • HAMLET - Hyperm edia Academ ic Multicultural Learning Technology (2003-2005): open and flexible learning environment characterised by a synchronic and diachronic distance teaching (pilot with 5 universities in Italy involving 60 students). • V4 DL - VideoSat for Distance Learning (2005-2009): satellite broadband and broadcast to provide value added services for Continuing Medical Education and Medical Scientific TV implementing a distance learning methodology that binds emotional and narrative learning theory with video simulation technology (Edufiction) (pilot with 23 users / doctors) ESA UNCLASSI FI ED – For Official Use
ESA Telecom applications on education Exam ples Within ESA’s Satcom application programmes activities on tele-education / tele-learning since more than 15 years. Examples (ref: http: / / artes-apps.esa.int) • Sw ay4 Edu – Satellite w ay for Education (2012-2013): Provision of interactive, on- line eLeraning courses about literacy teaching to rural teachers in South Africa via Satcom (pilot service to 80 teachers in 12 schools); in addition, teachers and students can use the connectivity for Internet access, light cyber-café for local community after school. • Sw ay4 Edu2 (2014-2015): additional cluster of 12 schools in South Africa and 1 school in Italy with dedicated training material on preservation of natural environment • U-Project – I m m ersive Learning Space (2014-2016): Novel immersive eLearning platform to enable teachers and students to translate their ideas into digital rich multimedia content ready to be used and shared with other classrooms, universities, students using a multicasting content delivery network (pilot service with 4 universities/ high schools and students located in digital divide areas) ESA UNCLASSI FI ED – For Official Use
ESA Telecom applications on education – A visual exam ple in rural schools in Africa Sw ay4 Edu: 400$ one-off for Sat terminal HW and installation 100$ per school per month for Internet, eLearning and HW maintenance services ESA UNCLASSI FI ED – For Official Use
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