Tag: Satellite Laser Communication Terminals
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Mynaric Delivers Over 100 CONDOR Mk3 Terminals and Advanced Mk3.1 Terminal Development
Mynaric, a leading provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced significant customer deliveries of its CONDOR Mk3 optical communications terminals and major progress in the technical development of the next-generation CONDOR Mk3.1 terminal. “Mynaric continues to execute on its commitments and advance the market for space-based optical communications. As of today, we have…
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Mynaric: Connecting the World in Air and Space
Mynaric is a leading the industrial revolution of laser communications by producing optical communications terminals for air, space and mobile applications. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with additional locations in Los Angeles, California, and Washington, D.C, Mynaric is under the mission to connect world in air and space. Myanric’s mission is to enable global connectivity by…
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Kepler Demostrates SDA-Compatible Space-to-Ground Laser Links with Cailabs
Kepler Communications, a pioneer in optical data relay technology, announced that it has successfully demonstrated space-to-ground optical data relay with French optical ground station company, Cailabs, paving the way for the future of in-space optical technology. Kepler has demonstrated full Space Development Agency (SDA) standard data rates and acquisition in multiple space-to-ground scenarios between Kepler’s…
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BlueHalo Unveils Advanced Breakthrough in Long-Distance Laser Communication
BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of global defense through mission-critical innovation in the space domain, announced the successful milestone demonstration of its two-terminal long-haul, multi-orbit laser communication system. The achievement marks a significant breakthrough in the development of space-based laser communication technology with far-reaching implications for national security and commercial sectors. During the demonstration,…
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Mynaric Advances CONDOR Mk3 Production for Improvements in Yields and Supply Chain Issues
Mynaric, one of the leading providers of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, today announced the successful advancement of the company’s volume production ramp for the CONDOR Mk3. Mynaric continues to work through previously announced production delays and has realized near-term improvement in production yields and supply chain-related bottlenecks. Production delays of CONDOR Mk3…
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NASA Successfully Streams First 4K Video Footage from Aircraft to Space Station
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical, or laser, communications. The feat was part of a series of tests on new technology that could provide live video coverage of astronauts on the Moon…
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ReOrbit Selects Mynaric’s CONDOR Mk3 Terminal for UKKO Demonstration Mission
Mynaric, one of the leading providers of industrialized, cost-effective and scalable laser communications products, announced that it has been selected by ReOrbit to supply its CONDOR Mk3 terminal for the upcoming mission UKKO, aimed at demonstrating secure space-to-space and space-to-ground communication for Earth Observation. “At ReOrbit, we firmly believe that the space industry is now…
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Space Systems Command Awards Contracts to Develop Prototypes of Space Laser Communication Terminal
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded four contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics, and Viasat to develop space laser communication terminal prototypes as the first of three phases in the $100 million Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. The EST program, part of SSC’s Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power…
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Kyocera Installs Fine Cordierite Ceramic Mirror for Optical Communications Experiment on ISS
Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto, hereinafter: Kyocera) announced that its “Fine Cordierite” ceramic mirror has been chosen for use in experimental equipment to conduct optical communication between the International Space Station (ISS) and a mobile optical station on Earth. This is the first time*1 that cordierite has been adopted for such a purpose. Kyocera’s Fine…
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Kepler Successfully Validates Optical Inter-Satellite Links for Space Data Relay Constellation
Kepler Communications, a company building Internet connectivity for space, has announced the successful validation of optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) between two data relay satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). During a commissioning and early operations phase, Kepler established optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder satellites equipped with Space Development Agency (SDA) compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical…