Tag: Satellite Laser Communication Terminals

TESAT announced it has been selected to deliver 792 Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) by MDA Space, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORA, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to digital satellite technology. The 792…

Phlux Technology, a manufacturer of avalanche photodiode (APD) infrared sensors, Airbus Defence and Space, and The University of Sheffield have embarked on a 500,000 Euro project to build more efficient free-space optical communications (FSOC) satellite terminals. Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), the project’s medium-term goal is to achieve reliable 2.5 Gbps communications with…

Mynaric, one of the leading providers of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced a milestone in the product maturity of the company’s flagship free space optical communications terminal for space-to-space and space-to-ground applications – the CONDOR Mk3. Volume production for the optical communications terminal began early in the first quarter of 2024 with…

NEC Corporation and Skyloom Global Corporation have joined forces to revolutionize space communications with the development of cutting-edge optical communication equipment for multi-orbit satellite networks. The collaboration aims to commercialize and make available on the open market one of the world’s fastest space optical terminals, achieving remarkable high-speed inter-satellite communications of 100 Gbps and more, propelling…

The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)’s NorSat-TD demonstration microsatellite developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has successfully transferred data to a ground station using optical communications technology. The accomplishment is a first for a Dutch-built laser communication device and among the first achieved by a microsatellite.  Optical, or laser, communications between a satellite and ground station enable…

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has been awarded a contract from the Space Development Agency to demonstrate the capabilities of the company’s Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) hosted on GA-EMS’ GA-75 (75-kilogram class) spacecraft while in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). GA-EMS is designing and building two OCTs to provide robust space-to-space communication in a degraded environment and…