MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Startup optical space-to-ground station manufacturer Cailabs of France won a breakthrough contract to provide a network of stations to U.S.-based teleport operator U.S. Electrodynamics Inc. (USEI) for use by USEI’s commercial and government customers.
The contract, apparently the first to deploy optical ground stations (OGS) as a global commercial service. It will include an undisclosed number of terminals at existing USEI teleports geographically spaced to accommodate the difficulty of optical signals in penetrating clouds. Site diversity is considered a mandatory . . .
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