Optical Communication

SATELLITE 2023, one of the world’s largest satellite industry conferences, was held in Washington, D.C., March 13–16, 2023. Along with the Space Symposium held in April and the Smallsat Conference held in February, SATELLITE is one of the three most significant conference events in the U.S. …

November 7–9, governments, companies, and military officials from around the world gathered at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, England near Westminster Abbey, where Queen Elizabeth II had her state funeral. The 24th annual Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition was held there to discuss security (especially communications) using satellites. …

Bremen, in northwestern Germany, is a city that many people have heard about in fairy tales. In fact, Bremen has been attracting attention as a space city in recent years. To the north of Bremen Airport, in front of the Weser River, there is a row of major large factories…

A team of engineers is advancing lasercom technology to meet the rising needs and speed of the space domain. — Increased activities in space require moving faster, lighter and with higher precision. While space communications have traditionally relied on transmitting information via radio waves, The Aerospace Corporation is facilitating laser communication (lasercom) research and development. Previously, two AeroCubes successfully transmitted data via lasercom systems for the first time — a…

Even we call “Space Development”, there are various purposes, technologies, and missions. In this series, we consider the current situation and the future of space development together with our Chief Dream Officer(CDO), Serika Ito. The theme of this time is optical communications. Tina Ghataore, CCO of Mynaric, a startup company…

The Japan-US Innovation Award Symposium 2022 was held at Stanford University on July 14, 2022. The symposium, co-hosted by the Japan Society of Northern California and the US-Asia Technology Management Center (US-ATMC) at Stanford University, recognizes startups that have made an impact in both the U.S. and Japanese markets. At…

Even we call “Space Development”, there are various purposes, technologies, and missions. In this series, we consider the current situation and the future of space development together with our Chief Dream Officer(CDO), Serika Ito. The theme of this time is cyber attacks, which are rapidly increasing in damage. Is there…

Laser Communication Technology Could Be a Prime Mover for Establishing High-Speed InterPlanet Internet. Inter-planetary exploration, be it Lunar habitation, asteroid mining, Mars colonization or planetary mappings of the solar system, will increase demands for inter-planetary communications. …

Space Startup, a company I chose to balance career growth and family life -First of all, please tell us about your responsibilities. I am currently responsible for more of the company’s labor operations, and I plan to focus mainly on HR in the future. I am balancing the two areas in my daily work.