Internet from Space via Optical Satellites. (IMAGE)

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

Internet from Space via Optical Satellites.

Caption

Vision of a satellite communication links based on optical technologies that provide Internet connectivity to the earth from space. An optical space network would only require a limited number of ground stations, strategically embedded in a continental fibre network, to mitigate potential cloud obstruction when transmitting and receiving information are needed to and from space.

Credit

by Yannik Horst, Bertold Ian Bitachon, Laurenz Kulmer, Jannik Brun, Tobias Blatter, Jean-Marc Conan, Aurélie Montmerle-Bonnefois, Joseph Montri, Béatrice Sorrente, Caroline B. Lim, Nicolas Védrenne, Daniel Matter, Loann Pommarel, Benedikt Baeuerle and Juerg Leuthold

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