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"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, [...]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @11:35PM (1 child)
If you have a link (no pun intended) showing Starlink uses lasers now, I'd be interested. My understanding is that they do not, but they want to build it in. They might have even launched a couple for test, but I'm pretty sure it is still a TBD effort.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday June 08 2022, @03:33PM
I may have misread something. You may be correct and better informed.
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