The European consortium will build a constellation of satellites dedicated to providing navigation and communication services for future lunar missions.
Qascom, as a subcontractor of Telespazio, is in charge of the development of the test user receiver for the validation of the system.
The signing ceremony was attended by Laurent Jaffart – ESA Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications, Javier Benedicto – ESA Director of Navigation, Daniel Neuenschwander – ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, Gabriele Pieralli – Chief Executive Officer of Telespazio, and Alexander Gerst – ESA astronauts.
Oscar Pozzobon and Alessandro Pozzobon, Executive Officers and founders of Qascom, participated at the celebratory event, which represented a historical day.
The Moonlight program is one of the future challenges of space exploration, where navigation and communication services will help astronauts and Moon vehicles to navigate and communicate on the Moon. It will be part of history for major space programs and it is with great honor that Qascom is able to be part of the team together with ESA, Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space Italia.
