{"id":4935,"date":"2025-07-30T17:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blacksky-advances-u-s-navy-contract-to-develop-optical-inter-satellite-links\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:09:24","slug":"blacksky-advances-u-s-navy-contract-to-develop-optical-inter-satellite-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blacksky-advances-u-s-navy-contract-to-develop-optical-inter-satellite-links\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackSky Advances U.S Navy Contract to Develop Optical Inter-Satellite Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover3040_638894518698921507.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"BlackSky Advances U.S Navy Contract to Develop Optical Inter-Satellite Links\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover3040_638894518698921507.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover3040_638894518698921507.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>BlackSky Technology<\/strong> won the next phase of a competitive U.S. Navy research contract to further develop optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminal applications for its Gen-3&nbsp;constellation. The OISL terminals are expected to increase the speed at which very high-resolution imagery and other high-volume space-based data travel directly between satellites before downlinking to ground stations.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This important award directly supports&nbsp;<\/em><em>BlackSky<\/em><em>\u2019s ability to deliver timely, high-impact intelligence that drives decisions all the way to the tactical edges of the frontline,\u201d <strong><\/strong><\/em><em>said <\/em><em><strong>Brian O&#8217;Toole<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>, BlackSky CEO.<\/strong> \u201cHigh-speed inter-satellite communication links are a critical innovation that makes BlackSky\u2019s commercial&nbsp;<\/em><em>remote sensing services<\/em><em>&nbsp;a robust and viable option for fleet-wide tactical ISR operations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Under the development agreement, BlackSky will explore hardware and software design adaptations, novel operating concepts for commercial transport network nodes and establish new protocols for data movement. Future&nbsp;Gen-3 satellites will be equipped with optical inter-satellite link terminals compatible with both the Space Development Agency&#8217;s Transport Layer and commercial transport networks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What is Symbol Rate Downlink of a Satellite Bus?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>&#8220;Extending our Gen-3 capabilities with optical intersatellite link terminals will give customers reliable access to real-time earth imaging capabilities across the full range of warfighting scenarios. Enhanced&nbsp;<\/em><em>Gen-3&nbsp;<\/em><em>satellites are expected to deliver data to end users 10 times faster than current systems, with data volumes five times greater than existing capabilities,\u201d <strong>said O\u2019Toole<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Laser-based OISLs create high-bandwidth, direct communication lines between satellites, reducing the time it takes to transmit and process data. In addition to reduced latency and decision making, OISLs can provide a more secure and resilient data transmission path, making them less susceptible to interference and jamming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackSky Technology won the next phase of a competitive U.S. Navy research contract to further develop optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminal applications for its Gen-3&nbsp;constellation. The OISL terminals are expected to increase the speed at which very high-resolution imagery and other high-volume space-based data travel directly between satellites before downlinking to ground stations. &#8220;This important [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,20],"class_list":["post-4935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}