Sceye Supports SoftBank Corp. in World-First Demonstration of Laser Ranging by Tracking a HAPS from the Ground
Why now
Thesis: Early HAPS optical milestone, no near-term earnings impact
Catalyst to watch: Follow-on demos or commercial FSO contracts
Main risk: Demo never scales to commercial deployment
Why it matters
Ground-to-stratosphere laser tracking advances free-space optical links, a long-dated enabler for connectivity infrastructure rather than near-term revenue.
Details
SoftBank Corp.'s ground team tracked Sceye's stratospheric platform in real time and continuously received reflected laser signals, advancing future free-space optical (FSO) communications between ground, stratosphere, and space MORIARTY, N.M., Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sceye, a U.S....
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