Tag: Laser Communication

Astrolight has joined the NATO - Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA.) This collaboration marks a significant achievement for Astrolight as it seeks to contribute to NATO's defense initiatives and advance its dual-use laser communication technology in...

  Tesat's optical communications terminals have been chosen by Lockheed Martin for its Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites, according to an announcement made by Tesat on October 26. In addition, Tesat has completed ground interoperability tests for...

Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2023
The Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in partnership with the Changguang Satellite Technology, successfully conducted a satellite-to-ground laser communication experiment at a speed of 10 gigabyte per second (GB/s) using self-developed 500-millimeter-diameter ground system and Jilin-1 satellite. The experiment obtained good-quality

Mynaric, a leading provider of industrialized, cost-effective and scalable laser communications products, announced it will provide Northrop Grumman with optical communications terminals for 14 satellites as part of the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. Each satellite...

Wireless laser communication systems developer Astrolight successfully performed a satellite-to-ground laser communication test using a portable OGS-1 optical ground station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYCWZJBfv8&ab_channel=Astrolight Astrolight, working with the European Space Agency (ESA), established the laser communication link using the OGS-1 optical ground station, located near ESA's...

NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and a NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun’s radiation lifted off at 5:19 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The payloads launched aboard the Space Test Program Satellite-6 on...

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) partecipated in the SpaceTech Expo from 16 to 18 November 2021 in Bremen. At its 70 square metre stand (J28) in Hall 5, DLR showcased exhibits relating to...

HAWTHORNE, Calif., November 9, 2021 – Mynaric has been unveiled as Capella Space’s supplier for optical inter-satellite links (OISL). Capella Space announced today that they will become the first commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) company to demonstrate compatibility with the...

LOS ANGELES, 1 November 2021 – Mynaric has signed a multi-year, strategic agreement with Northrop Grumman that identifies the company as a strategic supplier for laser communications in the space domain. "The U.S. government is the driving force to deploy...