Voyager Technologies wins Space Force contract for satellite-to-satellite communications
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Voyager Technologies has won a U.S. Space Force contract to develop capabilities to allow satellites to communicate directly with other spacecraft in orbit. While the value was not disclosed, Voyager announced August 10 that the contract was awarded through Space Systems Command, tasking the company to develop a flight-ready communications waveform designed to work across different orbits. The Denver-based company is also expected to demonstrate the technology in space. "The system we're developing will securely connect tactically linked spacecraft and systems across every orbit, but the best technology only changes the game if the government can afford to field it at speed and scale," said Matt Magaña, president of Space, Defense & National Security at Voyager Technologies, said in a company press release. "Our ability to deliver commercially with manufacturing capacity, transparent pricing and cost predictability is critical as the Space Force scales their data network." The project is part of a broader Space Force effort to make military satellite communications faster and more resilient. Instead of relying only on satellites sending information down to ground stations, future networks are being designed so spacecraft can also pass information directly between one another. That can give data more than one path to reach its destination, which could be an important...
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