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Endeavour Optical Networks plans world's fastest space laser comms system

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Endeavour Optical Networks (EON) is developing what it claims will be the fastest laser-based communications system ever deployed in space. The company aims to shift high-speed data transmission away from traditional undersea fiber optic cables toward space-based optical links. EON's system would use laser technology to relay data between satellites and ground stations at unprecedented speeds. The initiative represents a significant push to modernize global data infrastructure by moving it off the ocean floor and into orbit.

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