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Capella Space to Add Mynaric Optical Terminals on Future Satellites to Test with DoD Space Architecture

Capella Space to Add Mynaric Optical Terminals on Future Satellites to Test with DoD Space Architecture
A rendering of a side to side comparison between Mynaric's CONDOR Mk2 (left) and CONDOR Mk3 (right) optical communications terminal. Photo: Rocket Lab

Capella Space plans to add optical communication terminals to future satellites, and will use Mynaric’s terminals, the company said Tuesday. In addition, Capella plans to demonstrate the terminals’ compatibility with the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)’s new National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA). Capella Space is a commercial provider of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), imagery that can be captured in the dark and through clouds. CTO Christian Lenz told sister publication Via Satellite that Capella has very large data volumes with SAR, and…

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