👏 We congratulate OHB SE for the achievement, a foremost milestone in the development of optical technologies for attaining precise time synchronization and ranging information, key enablers for future navigation missions. Spaceopal is looking forward for starting this exciting endeavour as a core partner 🚀 Supported by key European companies and research institutes, we will be responsible for the definition of the satellite and mission control as well as end-user demonstration systems 🛰️
📢 NEW: ESA contracts 30+ companies led by OHB to develop optical technology for navigation A consortium of European companies led by OHB SE will conduct a concept definition study and technology predevelopment of optical links for time synchronisation and ranging, a technology that could later be demonstrated in orbit by the European Space Agency - ESA. From electrons to photons, intersatellite optical links are already well established in the field of satellite communications. However, technology still needs to be developed for its use in navigation, where it has the potential of becoming a game-changer by boosting resilience and improving performance by an order of magnitude, to the millimetre and picosecond level. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e6jTvCaT