The test data which has been downlinked from SOLISS to KSAT ground station
This is a great step towards providing small and affordable laser communication terminals for both ground and space segments. Demonstrating such capabilities while in this campaign period is important to introduce these technologies to the market.
"This campaign was a great opportunity for KSAT to validate the performance of our first optical ground station and the start of the optical future"
The KSAT optical ground station in
"Successful demonstration of optical downlinks from SOLISS to small and affordable optical ground station does not show fully operational readiness of the technology but it clearly shows commercialization on optical space to ground communication"
SOLISS is a small optical communication terminal currently attached to ISS for technology demonstration that is jointly developed by
KSAT's world's first commercially available optical ground station in
About KSAT:
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is the leading provider of Ground Network Services and Earth Observation Services, connecting space to earth. KSAT owns and operates a Ground Station Network of both polar and mid-latitude stations. The network consists of more than 200 antennas located at 26 sites world-wide. In 2021 KSAT installed the world's first commercially available optical ground station in
About Sony CSL:
Sony CSL was founded in 1988 as a 100% subsidiary of
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