The foundational infrastructure of the internet, a sprawling network of subsea fiber-optic cables, may face a challenger from orbit. Endeavour Optical Networks (EON) is pitching a future where global internet traffic travels along high-speed laser beams in space rather than solely through cables on the ocean floor.
The company says it is planning to launch the fastest space laser communications system yet built, positioning its technology as a new kind of data superhighway. By shifting long-haul connectivity from ocean fiber infrastructure to space-based optical links, EON frames its system as a potential backbone for data-intensive applications.
The effort underscores growing interest in orbital networking as an alternative to terrestrial infrastructure. If successful, it could redefine the economics and geopolitics of how the world's information is moved.