Free Space Inc. was a space security startup company founded in 2022 that developed cybersecurity solutions for the space industry, including autonomy software platforms Guardian Satellite and Trellis Satellite. In 2023, SCOUT Space, a space safety and observation company, acquired Free Space to strengthen its relationship with the DoD and the intelligence industry. Free Space had secured approximately $1.5 million in Space Force contracts.
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DCUBED's 2024-01-01 demonstration will be the first time a product has been manufactured in free space.
Tightbeam is an advanced, coherent free space optical technology capable of delivering speeds starting at 100 Gbps through hundreds of kilometers of atmosphere.
NODES (Network of Optical stations for Data transfer to Earth from Space) is developing a direct-to-Earth data reception service based on free-space optical communication.
NODES (Network of Optical stations for Data transfer to Earth from Space) aims to develop a direct-to-Earth data reception service based on free-space optical communication.
Viasat debuted its Mercury Free Space Optical Communications terminal during the U.S. Special Operations Command Technical Experimentation event on 2023-03-21 in Avon Park, Florida.
WORK Microwave’s Digital Optical Ground Station (DOG) product suite provides free-space optical communication using CCSDS and SDA standards to address bandwidth limits and RF spectrum regulatory challenges.
CACI’s CrossBeam free-space optical terminals were used to complete the Mandrake II optical inter-satellite link tests.
The Optical Inter-Satellite Links on Mandrake II were established using CrossBeam free-space optical terminals developed by SA Photonics.
Viasat will use 0.005 kg millimeter wave and Free Space Optics links to deliver high-bandwidth capabilities.
Viasat will utilize 0.005 kg millimeter-wave links and Free Space Optics links to deliver high-bandwidth connectivity for its DoD experiments.
Jose Velazco holds dozens of patents for space technology, including patents for optical ground technology and an omnidirectional optical communicator that provides gigabit-per-second data rates over distances up to 1,0 m in free space.
Xenesis and Space Micro plan to offer free space optical (FSO) network downlinking capabilities of 10 Gbps.
Guidestar Optical Systems is an optical systems research and development company focused on designing and developing optical solutions for directed energy, free space laser communications, and sensing and imaging through optical turbulence.
Guidestar Optical Systems received a U.S. Air Force contract to develop the architecture for a free space optical communications planning tool.
LyteLoop’s architecture moves data continuously through space using free-space optical links to reduce vulnerability to ground-based hacking.
BridgeSat has an agreement with NASA to develop a free-space optical communication system that could support NASA’s future missions.