nice4 Dec 2018 08:30
And this one
BridgeSat, Inc. bridges the Digital Divide in Space through Optical Communications.
BridgeSat has designed an optical communication network that will enable the transfer of data from satellites, with a secure, high-rate data transmission that is cheaper than traditional radio-frequency transmissions, while meeting the constrained size, mass, and power requirements inherent with small satellite operations. The BridgeSat technology draws heavily on The Aerospace Corporation’s Optical Communication and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) mission, developed with the support of the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). BridgeSat is also collaborating with Draper and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Space, Telecommunications, Astronomy, and Radiation (STAR) Laboratory on the development of its system.