Everything is connected these days, from your car to your phone, and from social media to your smart house. This has led to a rapidly growing demand for data, which is pushing current technologies to their technical and economic limits. The solution? Laser satellite communication.
The challenge
The increasing need for information
In our digital economy, the need for information and thus the demand for digital security is growing exponentially. Satellite communication via radio signals is expected to hit technical and economic limits over the course of this decade. The available radio frequencies will eventually be insufficient to provide the required capacity, and the costs of infrastructure are rapidly increasing.
The strategy
Expanding our current knowledge
We are connecting the strong positions in the key technologies involved and the ecosystems surrounding high-tech equipment and aerospace instrumentation. In doing so, we are building a Dutch ecosystem for wireless laser communication products and services and securing strong positions in international value chains.
Our projects
These are the projects currently active within the Laser Satcom domain:
Satellite-Satellite
Satellite-Ground QKD
Deep space
Smallsat-Ground Direct to Earth
Ground-Satellite Feeder link
Airpline/Ship- Satellite
Innovation Centre
Technology development
Program Manager Laser Satcom
Erik Fritz
Erik has a background in mechatronics and has been working at TNO for 15 years. In recent years, he has been involved there as the program manager for Laser Satellite Communication.