KT, LIG Nex1 to join hands to develop homegrown satellite technologies

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched, carrying 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit in Cape Canaveral, Fla, U.S., Might 6, 2024. Reuters-Yonhap

KT, a significant Korean telecommunications firm, mentioned Thursday it can be part of fingers with protection agency LIG Nex1 to develop propriety applied sciences for homegrown low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.

The 2 corporations signed a memorandum of understanding to collectively develop core applied sciences for LEO satellites, together with a sixth era (6G) satellite tv for pc communications system and quantum cryptography, in accordance with KT.

KT mentioned the preliminary settlement was made amid rising requires the event of homegrown LEO satellites to raised defend nationwide safety as international gamers, resembling SpaceX and Kuiper Techniques, are dominating the worldwide market.

„Via this collaboration, KT will present the evolution of navy communication methods by increasing the applying of 6G know-how to satellite tv for pc communications in addition to terrestrial networks,“ Lee Jong-sik, head of KT’s Future Community Laboratory, mentioned.

Kim Do-kyung, head of LIG Nex1’s C4I analysis institute, additionally mentioned it can work to construct a „quick“ and „secure“ navy communications system by means of its collaboration with KT.

„The significance of superior know-how cooperation between the personal sector and the navy has grown as 5G and LEO satellite tv for pc communications applied sciences are quickly turning into extra superior and complex,“ Kim added. (Yonhap)