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"I'm focusing on laser communication terminals because I think that's the strongest candidate to build in the US," Rob Geckle, CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, told Breaking Defense.

SSPIDR consists of several small-scale flight experiments that will mature technology needed to build a prototype solar power distribution system.

RUSSIA, CHINA AND THE U.S. WILL SOON BE PLAYING KING OF THE HILL FOR ALL THE MARBLES

Fourteen vendors have been chosen to complete designs for two different pieces of an optical terminal that can connect incompatible LEO sats.

By   Theresa Hitchens on March 08, 2021 at 4:51 PM Laser interlinks for satellites, JAXA image WASHINGTON: As DoD eyes low-cost satellite constellations to provide resilient communications, a crucial bottleneck has emerged: reliable optical data links — both between satellites in space and from space to the ground. “Think about it, getting a laser beam on a spacecraft to point to a laser receiver on another spacecraft accurately enough with the right power levels, the right waveforms etc...