Bringing home the Space-BACN for US defence agency DARPA
Phoenix , Arizona , United States
Arizona State University Professor Daniel Bliss and his team are working on the Space-BACN project for the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency , or DARPA as it is known .
The Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node ( to give it its full name ) is the first phase of an initiative to connect low Earth-orbit satellites with each other and their Earth-bound operators . “ Optical link processor technology has the potential to revolutionise space communications , enabling the exchange of large quantities of data between satellites ,” says Bliss . cybermagazine . com 13