Mynaric AG (DE:M0Y) has developed equipment for transmitting data via laser between moving airborne or space platforms at rates similar to conventional optical fibre, but with the light transmitted through free space rather than along a cable. This opens the possibility of equipping the airborne networks proposed by Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), or the satellite networks supported by Elon Musk and Richard Branson with high speed optical data links rather than slower microwave connections. These proposed networks offer the opportunity of providing more data transmission in the developed world without needing to install more fibre-optic cable and extending internet access to the half of the world’s population who are not connected.
Mynaric can transmit to a moving airborne platform
Free-space optical communications are well-suited for airborne or satellite networks as they provide data rates c 1,000 times faster than conventional microwave links between satellites. They are also more power efficient, which is important for a drone To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below:or satellite operating on solar power, less susceptible to hacking and do not require a permit for operation. Mynaric is unusual in having solved the problem of steering a narrow laser beam sufficiently accurately to keep it locked on a target only cms in diameter carried on a moving aerial platform several hundreds of kms away. This is an essential step in developing viable airborne optical networks.
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