U.S.-based developer of SDA-compliant optical communications terminals and proposed GEO relay-network services for LEO, ground, airborne, and maritime connectivity.
U.S.-based developer of SDA-compliant optical communications terminals and proposed GEO relay-network services for LEO, ground, airborne, and maritime connectivity.
Arianespace signed a contract with Skyloom for Skyloom's first launch (to place Skyloom geostationary relay node(s)); Arianespace will provide launch services to enable Skyloom's GEO relay network rollout.
Under a multipath optical-communications agreement, Skyloom will provide optical data-transport capabilities (multipath optical comms) that Satellogic will use for data transmission from its EO satellites.
Skyloom supplied and delivered batches of flight-ready Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) to York Space Systems in 2025 (including 42 and 44 units, totaling 88) for integration into the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer program satellites on Orbital Plane 1 and Plane 2.
Skyloom supplies Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) to Spacebilt for the Axiom Orbital Data Center Node (AxODC Node ISS) to enable high-speed optical links; part of the multi-organization collaboration announced September 2025 for 2027 ISS deployment.
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Space Compass— program partner · strategic partner · 2 more roles4 connectionsTell me more
Space Compass and Skyloom finalized a partnership to bring GEO optical data-relay services (SkyCompass-1 over Asia-Pacific) to the Earth-observation market; Space Compass functions as a partner enabling GEO node deployment and regional service delivery.
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Skyloom partnered with Space Compass (joint venture of NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT) in 2022-2023 to jointly develop and deploy the SkyCompass-1 geostationary-based (GEO) lasercom network infrastructure for optical data relay services, including LEO-to-GEO and GEO-to-ground links.
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Skyloom and Space Compass finalized a partnership to deploy SkyCompass-1, a GEO optical relay node, where Skyloom will supply optical relay technology and services to support Space Compass's regional GEO data-relay service over Asia-Pacific.
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Skyloom's joint development of the SkyCompass-1 GEO lasercom network with Space Compass enables optical data relay services that Skyloom supplies to support Earth Observation and other missions via the shared infrastructure.
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Officina Stellare— joint venture / program partner · strategic / manufacturing partner · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more
Skyloom formed a joint venture (Skyloom Europe) with Officina Stellare in 2024-2025, including technology and license agreements and teaming agreements to establish European manufacturing and production of optical terminals mirroring Skyloom's Colorado facility.
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Officina Stellare entered a joint-venture / partnership with Skyloom to establish European production capability that mirrors Skyloom’s Colorado facility and to provide commercial and technical support for Skyloom products and services in Europe.
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Skyloom Global Corp. provides technology license, teaming agreement, and optical communication technologies to Officina Stellare for the establishment and operation of the Skyloom Europe joint venture, enabling European manufacturing and commercialization of laser communication terminals (announced 2024 LOI; Technology and License Agreement and Teaming Agreement signed October 2025).
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Satellogic Inc.— program partner / technical collaboratorTell me more
Satellogic and Skyloom signed an agreement for multipath optical communications data transmission — Satellogic provides satellite operator collaboration and payload/customer integration enabling multipath optical data flows using Skyloom capabilities.
Skyloom partners with NEC on joint development, testing, and manufacturing of 100 Gbps WARP Optical Communications Terminals for multi-orbit satellite networks, with commercialization targeted by end of 2025.
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NEC collaborates with Skyloom on development of high-speed optical communication equipment and terminals for satellite constellation networks.
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Skyloom collaborated with NEC starting in 2024 on joint development, testing, and manufacturing of a 100 Gbps WARP Optical Communications Terminal (OCT) for multi-orbit satellite networks, with commercialization targeted for 2025-2026.
Skyloom identifies SkyBridge (subsidiary of Knowledge Bridge International) as a collaborator for implementation and testing of hybrid-space optical networking solutions under the U.S. Air Force STRATFI effort (announced 2024).
IonQ completed the acquisition of Skyloom, bringing Skyloom's optical communications and networking capabilities under IonQ (IonQ thereby enables and supplies corporate, technical and go-to-market capabilities to Skyloom as part of the acquisition).
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Government awards & missions
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory— government-terminal-test-facilityTell me more
Skyloom tested its U.S. Government terminal at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. · Government optical-communications terminal test.
Skyloom's official company history directly identifies the facility and the successful terminal test.
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Space Development Agency— government-customer-qualification-authority-and-sbir-sponsorTell me more
The Space Development Agency contracted with and qualified Skyloom to develop and provide interoperable optical communications-terminal technology for its proliferated LEO architecture. · SDA Tranche 0 Transport work; SDA SBIR Phase II V'Ger-T1 10 Gbps OISL terminal; subsequently SDA-qualified OCT supply for Transport Layer missions.
Skyloom's official timeline records Tranche 0 work and the SDA award history; the SDA's own material identifies Skyloom's terminal technology as selected by a PWSA vendor.
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