SpaceLink is a company building a data relay network for the space economy. As a subsidiary of Electro Optic Systems (EOS), SpaceLink is constructing a satellite relay system in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) that uses optical intersatellite links to provide secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and the ground. Their services support various applications like Earth observation, human spaceflight, and secure data transfer for government and commercial entities and has been awarded contracts by NASA and DARPA. SpaceLink aims to provide a TDRSS-like capability with greater capacity, leveraging advancements in optical communications.
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SpaceLink is building a constellation of relay satellites in Medium Earth Orbit that use optical intersatellite links for real-time tasking and access to large flows of information for satellite operators.
SpaceLink selected OHB in part because OHB has prior experience with optical and onboard processing technologies and a reputation for delivering on schedule.
OHB Systems AG intends to invest $25,000,000 into SpaceLink as the cornerstone investor in the first tranche of financing for the project.
SpaceLink awarded OHB System AG a contract with an anticipated value of more than $300,000,000 to manufacture four satellites for its commercial space data relay constellation.
OHB System AG will invest $25,000,000 in SpaceLink and is the cornerstone investor in the project’s initial round of financing.
SpaceLink selected OHB after reviewing proposals from multiple satellite manufacturers based in part on OHB’s experience building Galileo navigation satellites for medium Earth orbit.
SpaceLink is manufacturing and launching an initial constellation of four high-capacity optical relay satellites.
Australia’s Electro Optic Systems Holdings Ltd. (EOS) announced plans in 2020 to spend approximately 1.2 billion Australian dollars to create the SpaceLink constellation.
SpaceLink selected SEAKR Engineering, Inc. to provide key payload technology for SpaceLink’s relay satellite system.
SpaceLink’s relay system will use both RF and optical links to the relay satellites and laser crosslinks to route traffic to any SpaceLink ground entry point and on to users’ Mission Operations Centers.
SpaceLink’s relay system is planned to launch in 2024 to provide operational connectivity to commercial and government space missions.
SpaceLink awarded an initial contract to Mynaric for optical communications terminals to support SpaceLink’s MEO relay satellites.
Mynaric and SpaceLink agreed on delivery and pricing for a first batch of CONDOR Mk3 terminals to be delivered by late 2022 with additional units to be quantified subsequently.
SpaceLink expanded its relationship with Mynaric to include supply of Mynaric’s smaller advanced user terminal product for the LEO end of LEO-MEO relay links to support demonstration missions and LEO customers.
SpaceLink operates a network of four medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites.
Mynaric is expected to provide SpaceLink LEO optical communication terminals (OCT) for SpaceLink customers.
Mynaric expects to ship SpaceLink’s first OISL units during the first quarter of 2023.
Mynaric and SpaceLink signed a definitive agreement for the sale of optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminals for satellites in medium Earth orbit with a total order volume of up to $28,000,000 depending on exercised options and SpaceLink’s satellite prime selection.
Mynaric’s LEO optical communication terminals are planned to interface with the SpaceLink MEO data relay service.
The deal between SpaceLink and Blue Marble Communications is valued at more than $10,000,000 and includes technological evolution and purchase of terminals for intersatellite links compatible with Space Development Agency standards.