The UV designs the software for the UFFO telescope, launched into space by Russia
29 april 2016
During the night from the 28 to 29 April at the new Russian cosmodrome Vostochny, the launching of the Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory Spatial Telescope (UFFO) took place; it will study gamma-ray outbursts -very brief phenomenon which constitute the most extreme explosions at the universe.
The EDRS transfers data at high speed in space
19 february 2016
The EDERS (European Data Relay System) can transfer information in real time at 1,8 Gb / s and interconnect two terminals located 75000 kilometres apart. Experts consider it Space’s optical fibre.
5 important moments in the history of Telecommunications
3 february 2016
As the Telefonica Foundation organises the exhibition ‘Historia de las Telecomunicaciones. Colección Histórico-Tecnológica de Telefónica’ (History of Telecommunications. Historic and Technological Collection of Telefonica), we go over the five most important milestones in these three centuries of progress in communications.