Astrolight and ESA unveil Operational Optical…

Astrolight and ESA unveil Operational Optical Ground Station in Greece for Satellite Laser Links. The European Space Agency and the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance announced the successful development and commissioning of the Holomondas Optical Ground Station (OGS) in Greece.

Implemented by Lithuanian space and defense technology company Astrolight in collaboration with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the facility is officially operational. It is now positioned to anchor Europe’s next-generation secure communication network by testing ultra-high-speed satellite-to-Earth laser links.

The milestone represents the transition of the historic Holomondas astronomical observatory into a high-capacity optical communications hub. Astrolight equipped the site with a proprietary optical core, an advanced 808-nanometer laser beacon, and a C-band optical receiver designed to achieve precise beam alignment and data reception speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps under varying atmospheric conditions.