TNO has launched a new project called Qu-STAR to define the role of space in quantum information networks. The quantum internet, envisioned to connect quantum devices globally, currently faces distance […]
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AAC Clyde Space + partners create hub for laser comms in the Netherlands
AAC Clyde Space and the company’s partners are creating a hub for laser satellite communications in the Netherlands, supported by agreements with Dutch TNO and FSO Instruments. The agreement marks […]
AAC Clyde Space leads consortium to develop laser communication system
Recently, AAC Clyde Space‘s subsidiary, AAC Hyperion and its partners, Netherland’s FSO Instruments and TNO, have agreed to develop the next generation of laser communication terminals for smallsats. In the […]
FSO Instruments builds on TNO’s groundbreaking laser comms in space technology
Recently, TNO and AAC Clyde Space reported the successful testing and commissioning of its compact laser satellite communication terminal — this establishes space flight heritage for TNO’s groundbreaking technology, which […]
AAC Clyde Space laser comms terminal in space succeeds
AAC Clyde Space, with its partner TNO, have successfully transferred data from a compact laser SATCOM terminal, called SmallCAT, onboard a spacecraft in LEO to Earth — this demonstrates that […]
Dutch satellite instrument achieves milestone in laser data transfer to Earth
Researchers from TNO have successfully connected a satellite to a ground station on Earth via self-developed laser communication technology — this is the first time this has been achieved with […]