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Free Space

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.

CapabilityPlanValue 2.5Aug 11, 2023DCUBED Announces World-First In-Space Manufacturing Demonstration Mission

Tightbeam is an advanced, coherent free space optical technology capable of delivering speeds starting at 100 Gbps through hundreds of kilometers of atmosphere.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 29, 2023Aalyria awarded NRL SOAR Project contract

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.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0May 16, 2023SSC Awarded 2.26M€ Contract by European Space Agency for NODES Project

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.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.6May 15, 2023SSC awarded millions€ contract by ESA for 2nd phase of NODES

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 6, 2023Viasat Debuts Mercury Expeditionary Free Space Optical Communications Terminal

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.

CapabilityLegalGeneralValue 4.2Sep 16, 2022WORK Microwave to present their ground segment solutions at IAC 2022

CACI’s CrossBeam free-space optical terminals were used to complete the Mandrake II optical inter-satellite link tests.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 18, 2022Optical Intersatellite Links In LEO Successfully Demo’d By CACI International In Partnership With DARPA + SDA + AFRL/RV

The Optical Inter-Satellite Links on Mandrake II were established using CrossBeam free-space optical terminals developed by SA Photonics.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.2May 18, 2022Optical Intersatellite Links In LEO Successfully Demo’d By CACI International In Partnership With DARPA + SDA + AFRL/RV

Viasat will use 0.005 kg millimeter wave and Free Space Optics links to deliver high-bandwidth capabilities.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 21, 2021Viasat Receives Two DoD Contracts For Battlespace 5G Implementation

Viasat will utilize 0.005 kg millimeter-wave links and Free Space Optics links to deliver high-bandwidth connectivity for its DoD experiments.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 19, 2021Viasat Awarded Two Department of Defense Research Contracts to Help U.S. Warfighters Harness 5G Connectivity on the Battlespace

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.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 29, 2021Analytical Space Inc. hires KSAT’s Monson and Velazco of JPL

Xenesis and Space Micro plan to offer free space optical (FSO) network downlinking capabilities of 10 Gbps.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 15, 2021Xenesis Acquires A Minority Stake In Space Micro As Both Work To Build The First FSO Global Mesh Network

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Oct 29, 2020General Atomics Acquires Guidestar Optical Systems

Guidestar Optical Systems received a U.S. Air Force contract to develop the architecture for a free space optical communications planning tool.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.2Oct 28, 2020General Atomics acquires Guidestar Optical Systems

LyteLoop’s architecture moves data continuously through space using free-space optical links to reduce vulnerability to ground-based hacking.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.3Apr 17, 2019LyteLoop plans dozens of smallsats for data-in-motion secure storage service

BridgeSat has an agreement with NASA to develop a free-space optical communication system that could support NASA’s future missions.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Sep 11, 2018Defense contractors step up investments in commercial space companies
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