The Sputniks group of companies (part of Sistema AFK), along with other space organizations, is working on laser communication technology to create a seamless digital sky. The Sealess Digital Sky is a vertical integration of technology from space to Earth. The partial sky will be clear when the technology of, for example, laser communication is available, so that satellites in a 600 km orbit are tethered to drones flying at an altitude of 5,000 m, which communicate directly with a pilot and unmanned vehicles on Earth. The technology that Russia currently lacks to be digital is laser communication technology. Now several space organizations, including ours, are very actively working on it, said Sputnik's CEO, Georgy Elshkin.

The Sputniks group of companies (part of Sistema AFK), along with other space organizations, is working on laser communication technology to create a seamless digital sky. The Sealess Digital Sky is a vertical integration of technology from space to Earth. The partial sky will be clear when the technology of, for example, laser communication is available, so that satellites in a 600 km orbit are tethered to drones flying at an altitude of 5,000 m, which communicate directly with a pilot and unmanned vehicles on Earth. The technology that Russia currently lacks to be digital is laser communication technology. Now several space organizations, including ours, are very actively working on it, said Sputnik's CEO, Georgy Elshkin.