Transcelestial, a startup developing optical communications technologies, has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space Technologies.

When four Artemis II astronauts ride Orion around the Moon, the most radical part of the mission may not be the trajectory but the way their journey reaches Earth. Instead of relying only on ...

The demand for high-speed internet has been growing in recent years. The global internet traffic is also growing by 25% annually but millions of people in remote and rural areas still struggle with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The race to establish satellite-to-ground laser communications is heating up. Recently, China achieved a major milestone, which ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to MarketsandMarkets™, the Optical (laser) Satellite Communication Market is projected to grow from USD 0.62 billion in 2025 to USD 1.56 ...

Although laser communication in space is far from novel, its wide-scale deployment as seen with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation has brought the technology to the forefront like ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), global manufacturer of all-domain defense technologies and mission-critical space capabilities, today announced a nearly ...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES, a leading space solutions company, announced today it will test new optical ground stations built by France-based Cailabs to send data from space using laser beams ...

A laser system can send data 20 km at high speed and stay stable, even in tough conditions. It could change defense communication.

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki Ph.D.) and the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech, President: OBATA Makoto), collaborated with ...

The O2O system could send more data to Earth than ever before, NASA says.