Amazon and SpaceX build vast networks of low-earth satellites
There are approximately 12,000 satellites in orbit, a number that is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years as rocket companies reduce the cost of launching things into space and companies like Amazon and SpaceX build vast networks of low-earth satellites to carry internet communications around the world.
“The amount of data utilized in orbit is rising year by year, but the number of usable radio waves is restricted,” said Kyohei Iwamoto, head of the new business.
SpaceX develops its own laser communications devices, which it initially deployed on its Starlink satellites late last year.
Sony stated that one of its first successful tests happened in 2020 when it transferred high-definition image data by laser from the International Space Station to a Japanese base station.