https://spacewatch.global/tag/joachim-horwath/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:18:51 +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/joachim-horwath/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/mynaric-wins-esa-contract-to-develop-optical-communications-technology-for-hydron-project/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71697 The European Space Agency has awarded Mynaric with a contract to build a laser communications Demonstration System for its High Throughput Optical Network (HydRON) project. The HydRON project aims to bolster the resilience of European communications infrastructure by deploying a high capacity, secure and interoperable optical data relay network across low and medium Earth orbits. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/mynaric-to-help-sda-with-ground-station-project/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50709 Mynaric has announced that the Space Development Agency (SDA) has selected it to contribute to an optical ground terminal demonstration. The research and development program’s mission, slated for 2025, is to demonstrate the successful connection between various space-based optical communications terminals (OCTs) and an optical ground station that Mynaric designed. ]]>