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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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