https://spacewatch.global/tag/astrolight/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/astrolight/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/astrolight-joins-kepler-led-team-on-esas-hydron-optical-communication-network-project/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:29:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73014 Kepler Communications is leading a group of industry partners, including Astrolight, on a multimillion-euro contract under the European Space Agency’s High-throughput Optical Network (HydRON) project to develop HydRON’s user-terminal segment, known as Element 3. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/astrolight-set-for-first-in-orbit-demonstration-of-atlas-1-laser-communications-terminal/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71446 Astrolight is set to demonstrate its low-SWaP ATLAS-1 laser communication terminals in space for the first time, launching them on two satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission in March, to facilitate secure, high-bandwidth space-to-ground communication. The two satellites will be part of Greece’s national small satellite initiative, backed by the European Space Agency. Operating within the ERMIS satellite constellation and the PeakSat mission, they will demonstrate gigabit-per-second downlinks to optical ground stations in Greece, helping to advance the country's national space infrastructure.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/astrolight-and-esa-are-building-an-arctic-region-optical-ground-station-in-greenland/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68946 Astrolight has begun building an Optical Ground Station in Greenland, in partnership with ESA's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications. The new facility, expected to be completed by the end of 2026, will serve as a crucial node between satellites orbiting Earth’s polar region and ground-based data networks. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/03/astrolight-expands-into-denmark-to-advance-dual-use-laser-communication/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64545 Astrolight is expanding into Denmark, reinforcing Denmark’s role in secure satellite and naval communications while supporting strategic defense initiatives.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/astrolight-to-supply-atlas-1-into-auth-peaksat-mission/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64175 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and Astrolight have announced a strategic collaboration to advance satellite connectivity. The partnership involves integrating Astrolight’s ATLAS-1 optical terminal into PeakSat, a CubeSat mission to demonstrate laser communication from low Earth orbit (LEO) to ground stations in Greece.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/lithuania-based-company-offers-alternative-to-spacexs/ Tue, 28 May 2024 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55365 Astrolight, a Lithuania-based Company, is offering laser communication innovations as an alternative to SpaceX's traditional radio frequency methods. With the EO sector set to triple its revenue to $9 billion annually by 2035 according to The WEF and McKinsey space insights report, the Lithuanian Company is advocating for laser communication as an alternative means to send data to Earth and emphasizing optical tech's impact in EO.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/cailabs-and-astrolight-to-demonstrate-space-to-earth-optical-communications/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49713 Cailabs, a French deep-tech company which designs, manufactures and sells photonic solutions, and Astrolight, a Lithuanian company providing satellite-to-ground laser communication, announced on the 28th of June that they have entered into an agreement to launch a satellite mission hosting Astrolight’s space-to-Earth laser communication terminal ATLAS-1. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/astrolight-successfully-demonstrates-space-to-ground-laser-communication-link/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42652 Wireless laser communication systems developer, Astrolight, successfully performed a satellite-to-ground laser communication test using a portable OGS-1 optical ground station, the company said. Working with the European Space Agency (ESA), Astrolight established the laser communication link near ESA’s Izaña-1 (IZN-1) ground station, located at Teide Observatory.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/astrolight-tests-mobile-optical-ground-station/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35007 The start-up company Astrolight has performed its first long-range ground test of its mobile optical ground station for LEO satellites. The news comes after KSAT and Astelco Systems announced building an industrialized optical ground station in Greece last year.]]>