Sony Is Building Space Lasers
Global technology giant Sony has created a new subsidiary to create space lasers as part of a new project aimed at conducting «space optical communications.» The company is called Sony Space Communications Corporation (SSC) and it will create new devices to connect to satellites via a «laser beam.»
In a press release, Sony said there are already about 12,000 satellites in space, and this number is expected to grow in the future. Currently, low earth orbit (LEO) satellites that communicate with facilities on the ground need to pass directly over a ground station to communicate, Sony said. Additionally, there are issues around power consumption of required equipment and the need for «frequency licenses for radio waves.»
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To solve these issues, SSC will create «small optical communications devices to provide related services to connect micro satellites in LEO via a laser beam.»
Sony will offer this equipment as a service to companies working with satellites, for a fee, while it will also create a network that allows satellites in space to more easily communicate with ground stations.
«By using optical communications, SSC aims to realize high-speed communications with small devices, which are physically difficult to achieve with conventional radio communications because conventional communications require large antenna and high power output,» Sony said. «In addition, by constructing an optical communications network not only between satellites and the
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