Officina Stellare has signed a new contract for a total of approximately 1 million euros with ISI – ImageSat International for an innovative, multi-spectral, optical payload intended for very high […]
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Xenesis Acquires Minority Interest In Assured Space Access Technologies
Xenesis, Inc., an innovator in the free-space optical communications (FSO) technology sector, has taken an additional step toward vertical integration in space tech by acquiring a minority interest in Assured Space […]
An NSR View: Optical SATCOM and the Digital Revolution
As enterprise and government actors digitize their systems and processes, they continue to transition to cloud-based services to meet their needs for more storage and data transportation solutions. The characteristics […]
Xenesis Acquires A Minority Stake In Space Micro As Both Work To Build The First FSO Global Mesh Network
Xenesis, Inc., an innovator in the free space optical communications (FSO) technology sector, has acquired a minority stake in Space Micro Inc. — this is a union both Xenesis and […]
Acquisition: General Atomics Imports Synopta Into Their Operations
General Atomics (GA) has acquired Synopta GmbH, a leader in the development and production of complex opto-electronic instrumentation for space and terrestrial applications. Founded in 2004 in Eggersriet, Switzerland, Synopta […]
Space-To-Air Optical Comms Experiment Partners General Atomics With The SDA
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate space-to-air optical communication using GA-EMS’ Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS) […]
WARPSPACE Developing Inter-Satellite Optical Comms Net + Raises $$$Millions Via Series A Financing Round
WARPSPACE Co., Ltd., a space startup from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, has closed their Series A financing round with additional funding of 400M JPY ($3.6 million) from The […]
NSR: Finally Time for Optical Satcom?
In late January ten Starlink satellites equipped with inter-satellite laser links (ISL) were launched, and the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk tweeted that in addition to these satellites, all future […]
Optical Comms Network Intro’d By Xensis
Xenesis, Inc. has announced their first, all optical ,communication service from space to ground, dubbed “Xen-link,” reaching anywhere on the Earth that can connect to the terrestrial internet backbone. Xen-Link […]
Optical Comms Collaboration Between Swedish Space Corp. + Airbus D&S Netherlands
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands (Airbus DS NL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative activities regarding ground equipment for space-to-ground optical communication. […]