OGS Technologies develops and builds Optical Ground Station with compact designs, optical telescopes, gimbals, and optical focal plane instrumentation that incorporates adaptive optics. These devices have been specifically designed to satisfy the demanding operational requirements of free-space optical (FSO) telecoms. OGS Technologies stations may be adapted to other missions such as Satellite Laser Ranging or Space Situation Awareness.

Optical Ground Terminals and Equipment

• Telescopes
• Alt-Az and Alt-Alt mounts
• Focal Plane Assemblies with Adaptive Optics
• Beacons
• All-sky cameras

CNES Optical Ground Station Demonstrator.
designed and built by OGS Technologies at Calern Observatory (French Riviera). .
The OGS is operating since May 2024.

Turnkey Optical Ground Stations

• GEO Feeder (bi-directional 10 GBps)
• LEO Direct-to-Earth (100 Mbps to 10 Gbps)
• OGS adapted for QKD

The French OGS has maintained stable optical links for hours with the optical terminal TELEO in geostationary orbits. Using adaptive optics, downlinks and pre-compensated uplinks up to 10 Gbps have been achieved.