Abstract
After a decade of national and transnational communications satellite programs, Europe is at the crossroads. It will move in this decade from the preoperational phase to the use of systems responding to its own needs. It is about to become competitive with the United States and Canada in this field. Five flight units of the European Communications Satellite are being built by European industry, with the first to be orbited by an Ariane launcher in October 1981. These satellites are to be used for carrying long-distance telephone traffic within Europe and for a television interchange service. In addition, ESA is committed to launching three maritime communications satellites. This decade will also see the development by European nations of a space platform that could hold a range of payloads for future communications needs.
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