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DARPA Selects 11 Teams For First Phase Of Space-BACN Intersatellite Communications

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022

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DARPA Selects 11 Teams For First Phase Of Space-BACN Intersatellite Communications

Graphic of DARPA's Space-BACN concept. Image: DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Wednesday selected 11 teams to advance development of low-power, low-weight, low-cost and interoperable technologies to create new datalinks to allow for seamless communications between different satellite constellations in low-earth orbit (LEO) that would in turn better enable communications between military forces and even first responders worldwide. The awardees for the 14-month Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program are divided into three technical areas, with the first area requiring…

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