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Sony orders two satellites to test laser communications
(spacenews.com)
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There are actually a ton of "space laser" companies at this point. SpaceX above all others, but in the SDA world there's Skyloom, Mynaric, CACI, Tesat.
For legit "space lasers", Aetherflux wants to beam power to the surface.
That’s how I burnt down a city in SimCity 2000 using a microwave power plant.