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IonQ’s Skyloom Optical Communications Terminals Reach 84 On-Orbit Installations Following Latest Launch

Insider Brief Press release – Skyloom Global, LLC, an IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) company specializing in the development of space-based optical technology for secure, high-performance communications, today announced that dozens of additional optical communication terminals (OCTs) have been successfully deployed on orbit. The OCTs were aboard York Space Systems satellites supporting the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated […]
Skyloom Global has deployed dozens of additional optical communication terminals on York Space Systems satellites supporting the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The terminals were launched on July 16…
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