Multi-Orbit Optical Communication Network Demo Planned

HydRON Contract Signed Between ESA, Thales Alenia Space

A contract for Element #2 of the HydRON (High-thRoughput Optical space Network) Demonstration System (DS) has been signed between ESA and Thales Alenia Space. The agreement is for the design, development, deployment and in-orbit demonstration of a full end-to-end optical system to verify and validate the world’s first all-optical, high-data-rate, multi-…