The Eurescom led ESA ARTES 5G GOA project demonstrated 5G New Radio direct connectivity in Stand Alone mode over a geostationary satellite in Ku band at the 39th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC 2022), 18-21 October, Stresa, Italy – a World’s first. The demonstration used occasional use capacity from the SES Astra 2F satellite and relied on the suitably adapted OpenAirInterface ™ software implementation for a 5G base station and a 5G nomadic node, mounted in a van equipped by a 45 cm satellite dish.

5G GOA is a collaboration between Eurescom GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, University of Luxembourg SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust and Bundeswehr University Munich (https://artes.esa.int/projects/5ggoa).