Skyloom is a U.S.-based telecommunications company focused on developing and deploying a space-based optical data transport network. They aim to provide low-latency, high-capacity data relay services, especially for LEO satellite constellations, utilizing geostationary relay nodes. Their key products include optical communication terminals (OCTs) and geostationary optical relay satellites like Uhura. Skyloom partners with organizations like Space Compass, Axiom Space, and York Space Systems to advance optical communication technology and expand its network capabilities.
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Honeywell is working with Skyloom to qualify laser communications terminals for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency.
Honeywell teamed with telecommunications startup Skyloom on 2021-12-15 to produce laser crosslink terminals for commercial and military satellites.
Skyloom is based in Oakland, California and aims to provide data transport services using a space-based infrastructure.
Honeywell and Skyloom are working with York Space Systems, which won a contract in 2021 to produce 10 spacecraft for the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 0.
Arianespace will deliver Skyloom’s Node-1 on the Ariane 64 as part of a new rideshare mission product.
Skyloom selected the Ariane 64 operated by Arianespace to deploy the company’s first geostationary laser communications relay node, Node-1.
Skyloom’s geostationary lasercom relay network will provide secure telecommand channels for satellite operators.
Skyloom’s geostationary lasercom relay network will provide real-time and high-capacity direct-to-cloud data transfer for civil and governmental satellite operators.
Cailabs partnered with Skyloom in June to collaborate on Skyloom’s geostationary relay system for communicating with low Earth orbit satellites.