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Buying Space Photonics

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Photonics instruments used in space applications must be highly reliable and resistant to radiation. These instruments are critical for optical sensing and communication between satellites, ensuring robust performance in the harsh conditions of space.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

As the most professional photonics purchasing portal, RP Photonics helps you to not only to find all relevant suppliers (not limited to our advertisers), but also to make good purchasing decisions.

NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive resources of RP Photonics. Unfortunately, we do not have a specific article related to space photonics.

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying space photonics. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for space photonics. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

Suppliers for Space Photonics

7 suppliers for space photonics are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 4 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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Diamond the fiber meeting

Diamond SA
Via dei Patrizi 5
6616 Losone
Switzerland
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space photonics

Explore the frontiers of space photonics connectivity with Diamond, a trusted presence in the space market since the mid-1990s.

Within this field, the Mini AVIM® stands out as a beacon of innovation. Certified by the European Space Agency (ESA), it is the only single-channel connector to meet these stringent standards.

The AVIM® family provides rugged shock and vibration resistance for single channel fiber optic connectors. With a global reputation, Diamond's connectors are integral components trusted on NASA GSFC projects and beyond.

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G&H
Dowlish Ford
Ilminster TA19 0PF
United Kingdom
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.303)!

space photonics

Our expertise in the design and development of high-reliability space photonics is leveraged to create a portfolio of space compatible products and solutions exploiting our vertical integration capabilities. We realize key building blocks of next-generation laser communication terminals and sensing equipment by integrating components into high-value systems. Within the frameworks of commercial and R&D contracts, we advance the state-of-the-art fiber optic modules.

We offer the complete range of related services, including but not limited to:

  • Optical amplifier development
  • Low SWAP-C transmitter and receiver amplifiers development and manufacture
  • Custom assembly
  • Photonic packaging for harsh environments
  • Space qualified components for amplifiers, transmitters, receivers, beam combiners (WDMs), and fused couplers
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30 Years of Laser Excellence

Monocrom
C/ Vilanoveta 6
08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona)
Spain
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B3.418)!

Monocrom has been supplying laser technology for the aerospace & defense industry for over 20 years already. We offer LiDAR sources, laser guidance technology as well as efficient pumping sources with outstanding performace in terms of accuracy, reliability and durability.

We can provide you with a diode pumping sources, a complete solid-state laser system or laser bar arrays with different architectures according to your needs and technical requirements. A high degree of flexibility and versatility for your developments is guaranteed together with a compliance with the military standard MIL-STD-810.

A solid expertise in laser physics and mechanical design together with the use of unrivailed, company exclusive technologies, allow us bring to furtition any product development: from a simple pointing laser device to a complex diode-pumped solid state laser for outerspace exploration.

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Focused on Possibility.

Sheaumann Laser, Inc.
5 Federal Street
Billerica, MA 01821
United States
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See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.451)!

space photonics

Sheaumann Laser has developed the SheauPac Signature Package. With its proprietary design, it withstands extreme temperature and vibration conditions as encountered in space applications. It is manufactured and assembled entirely in our DoD-compliant facility in the United States.

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Other Suppliers

Bright Aerospace
Italy
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Deposition Sciences, Inc.
United States
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Präzisions Glas & Optik GmbH
Germany
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