Airborne ARES Optical Communications Terminal
Golbriak Space
Optical communications terminal adapted from ERMES for drones and high-altitude platforms — up to 2.5 Gbps, full-dome pointing with gimbal stabilization.
Technical specifications
- Size
- 10x10x20 cm (2U) terminal + 2U gimbal
- Weight
- 1.8 kg
- Power consumption
- 15W @ 7-12V
- Output laser power
- 1W
- Datarate (goodput)
- 2.5 Gbps (SDA/CCSDS compatible)
- Wavelength
- 1550 nm PAM
- Telescope aperture
- 50 mm or 20 mm
- Data interface
- IEEE 802.3bz-2016 2.5 Gbit Ethernet, CAN, Serial
- Internal buffer
- Up to 64 GB
- Pointing
- Full dome, gimbal-stabilized
- AI acceleration
- Yes
About
ARES is Golbriak Space’s airborne optical communications terminal, enabling extremely secure, virtually undetectable connections without sacrificing data rate. Available in two aperture sizes for different mission profiles — a 50 mm aperture for a full telecom system, and a compact 20 mm aperture version. It includes full-dome pointing and gimbal-based inertial stabilization while pointing.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
