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Sony to Build Space Lasers With New Satellite Services Unit

posted by janrinok on Tuesday June 07 2022, @09:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the may-it-be-drm-free dept.

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link: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/sony-build-space-lasers-with-new-satellite-services-unit-2022-06-02/

"Sony on Thursday said it formed a new company that will build and supply devices that allow small satellites in orbit to communicate with one another via laser beams, dipping into the fast-growing space sector."

Sony Space Communications Corp, registered on Wednesday, is meant to take advantage of laser technology to avoid a bottleneck of radio frequencies. The devices will work between satellites in space and satellites communicating with ground stations.

The company did not say when it expects to have its first commercial device operating in space, whether it has existing customers lined up or how much money it has invested into the technology to date.

There are roughly 12,000 satellites in orbit, a number that is projected to increase rapidly in the coming years as rocket companies slash the cost of launching things to space, [...]

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Thexalon on Tuesday June 07 2022, @11:12AM (4 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday June 07 2022, @11:12AM (#1251245)

    It turns out Marjorie Taylor Greene was wrong about there being secret Jewish space lasers causing Covid. It was actually secret Japanese space lasers! What an idiot.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday June 07 2022, @02:02PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 07 2022, @02:02PM (#1251264) Journal

    I seem to recall that MTG's claim was the secret Jewish space lasers started the California wild fires.

    In reality it was a conspiracy of overgrown trees and wild brush that colluded to start the fires.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @02:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @02:48PM (#1251276)

    Oy vey.

  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday June 07 2022, @03:12PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday June 07 2022, @03:12PM (#1251292) Journal

    This is just an example of good business practice. Get companies to do things they've done for a long time. I mean, how many lasers has Sony produced over the years, with their DVD/CD/Blu-Ray players? This way they have someone to call for support when they accidentally fry the wrong city block.

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday June 08 2022, @03:35PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 08 2022, @03:35PM (#1251564) Journal

      I'm sure Sony has produced more lasers than they have produced rootkits.

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