Sony announced on Thursday the formation of a new firm that would design and manufacture gadgets that will allow tiny satellites in orbit to interact with one another through laser beams, a foray into the fast-growing space industry. Sony Space Communications, which was registered on Wednesday, will use laser technology to bypass a radio frequency congestion. The gadgets will be used to communicate between space satellites and satellites connecting with ground stations.
The business did not specify when it hopes to have its first commercial gadget functioning in space, if it already has clients lined up, or how much money it has put into the technology so far. There are currently around 12,000 satellites in orbit, a number that is expected to rapidly rise in the coming years as rocket companies reduce the cost of launching things into space and companies like Amazon and SpaceX build massive networks of low-earth satellites to carry internet communications around the world....