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L-3 Communication Systems-West Will Provide Nodes for Laser Light Communications' Satellite System

L-3 Communication Systems-West was selected by Laser Light Communications as a contractor to provide its StarEdge ground node systems for Laser Light's SpaceCable network, L-3 said in a news release Tuesday. The network will be an all-optical commercial satellite system…

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with global hybrid communications infrastructure, L-3 said. Free space optics, or lasers, transmit data 100 times faster than conventional radio frequency satellite systems, it said. SpaceCable will deliver fiber-equivalent bandwidth connections at low operating costs, it said. L-3's technology will manage multiple StarEdge ground node locations to limit network congestion slowdowns, outages or weather interruptions, it said. The network is scheduled to be deployed in late 2017, L-3 said.