Next-generation terabit speed satellites will never happen without photonic technologies. We find out how close industry is to extreme communications. JUST LAST YEAR, France-based Thales Alenia Space revealed that its cutting-edge communications payload for satellite flight would use high-speed serial links with fibreoptic interconnects instead of coaxial cables. The development may not have stirred, let alone shaken, the world, but out in space, the ramifications are set to be huge and exciting.
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