In 2024, it plans to start deploying a constellation of three satellites in medium Earth orbit that would receive and pass data from customers’ satellites in low Earth orbit using optical communications.
As the number of satellites operating in low Earth orbit keeps growing, he said, “the demand for higher data sampling and downlink has been also increasing.
One of the main purposes to open up a branch in Washington, D.C., is to begin building a relationship with the U.S.
Mori noted that optical communications for space have been successfully deployed by national space agencies, but cost and technical maturity have prevented their widespread adoption.