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Astrolight and ATMOS Space Cargo Aim for First In-Flight Laser Link Between Re-Entry Vehicle and Satellite
Astrolight, a Lithuanian space and defense company developing laser communication solutions across space, ground, and maritime domains, and ATMOS Space Cargo, a European company developing space return logistics, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly demonstrate what they aim to make the first in-flight optical communications link between a re-entry spacecraft and an orbiting satellite. The demonstration is planned for…
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First In-Orbit Test of ATLAS-1 Laser Terminals to Bring Affordable, High-Bandwidth Communication for Small Satellites
Astrolight, a space and defence-tech company pioneering laser communication solutions across space, ground, and maritime domains, is set to demonstrate its low-SWaP ATLAS-1 laser communication terminals in space for the first time. The terminals will enable secure, high-bandwidth space-to-ground communication on two satellites, each carrying ATLAS-1, scheduled for launch this March aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16. The satellites support two separate missions…
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Astrolight and ESA Are Building Northernmost Optical Ground Station in Greenland, First of Its Kind in the Region
Astrolight, a pioneer in laser-based telecommunication systems, has begun building its first Optical Ground Station (OGS) in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, in partnership with the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications. The project, funded under ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Optical and Quantum Communications – ScyLight programme, marks the northernmost station of its kind and the first established…
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NATO’s Biggest Naval Exercise Proves Undetectable Ship-to-Ship Laser Communication
Lithuanian space and defense tech company Astrolight has successfully demonstrated undetectable, unjammable, and high-bandwidth laser-based ship-to-ship communication with its POLARIS terminal during REPMUS’25, NATO’s largest unmanned maritime exercise recently. During the REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems)/Dynamic Messenger mission, hosted by the Portuguese Navy, POLARIS laser terminals maintained a stable, jam-proof horizon-limited laser-based link between two vessels: NRP Dom Francisco de…
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