Egatel has won an important contract with the European Space Agency for the development of a novel Satellite flat antenna in K/Ka band , with auto – pointing and tracking capabilities totally electronic , without parts phones , and intended for broadband applications wide . It is a product disruptive that pretends overcome the limitations that _ the systems commercial ( such as weight, size or cost), and transform the communications market by satellite in mobility or Satcom On the Move .
The project , called FLATTER: Electronic Beam–Steering K-Ka-Band Fl at Panel S at ellite An tennas for B r oadband Applications , is framed within the ARTES Competitiveness & Growth program of the European Space Agency , and the development corresponds to a Technology Phase . The amount of the contract is 658,797 euros and it has a duration of 20 months.