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Loft Federal Orders Mynaric Lasercom Terminals For SDA Testbed

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023

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Loft Federal Orders Mynaric Lasercom Terminals For SDA Testbed

A rendering of a side to side comparison between Mynaric's CONDOR Mk2 (left) and CONDOR Mk3 (right) optical communications terminal. Photo: Mynaric

Mynaric [MYNA] has a new customer — Loft Federal, the government subsidiary of Loft Orbital, which ordered Mynaric laser terminals for its work on theSpace Development Agency’s (SDA) Experimental Testbed. The companies announced Tuesday that Loft Federal ordered Mynaric CONDOR Mk3 terminals, with deliveries mostly scheduled for the first half of 2024. Mynaric received the order in late 2022 and previously counted it in its optical communications terminal backlog at the end of the year. The Mk3 is the next-generation Mynaric optical…

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