Air Force invests in high-speed satellite data -- GCN
Feb 26, 2021 As the amount of satellite data rapidly increases, government agencies are looking for new ways to transmit more of it faster. One option is optical networks, which would speed the delivery of satellite data and allow much more data to be transmitted via a smaller, lighter system. The Air Force's commercial investment arm, AF Ventures, awarded a contract to Analytical Space Inc. on Feb. 10. The award is for the company’s Fast Pixel Network, a low-Earth orbit data transport network that will ingest geointelligence data from satellites, route that data via high-speed optical in...
Source: gcn.com