Archangel Lightworks
Alessandro Tringali is a Senior Control Systems Engineer at Archangel Lightworks, focusing on the pointing and tracking of optical ground stations since May 2019. Previously, Alessandro served as a Drone Navigation Engineer at Archangel Imaging, where non-GNSS based PNT solutions were developed from April to December 2022. Prior experience includes a role as a Freelance Consultant for MT3 Asset Management, specializing in data science for predictive maintenance, and a Research Assistant position at Politecnico di Torino, where control systems were developed for a thermal exchange experiment on the International Space Station. Alessandro's academic qualifications include a PhD in Space Robotics from the University of Strathclyde, a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, and a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering from Politecnico di Torino. Additionally, an LLP Erasmus program was completed at the University of Stuttgart, focusing on Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik.
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Archangel Lightworks
Archangel Lightworks is a laser communications company building high-volume, secure, wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. Today, space and terrestrial networks are not well-connected leading to insecure, insufficient, and vulnerable infrastructure. Nearly 3 billion people are unconnected and many more are under-connected. Subsea cables, which form the backbone of global network infrastructure, are at risk from climate disaster and bad actors. Links between satellites, which offer an opportunity for resilient connectivity, and the ground are reliant on radio, which is bandwidth constrained, finite and not secure. Archangel Lightworks was set up to solve the space-ground connectivity problem. Wireless laser communications (lasercom) technology offers new solutions; however, adoption of the technology has been slow due to availability concerns, lack of interoperability standards, difficulties associated with lasercom on the move, and high production costs. Our tech solves these problems. We are driving down the size, weight, power & cost (SWaP-C) of optical ground equipment to make space-ground lasercom available and affordable. Our core product, TERRA-M is a miniature optical ground station which is approximately the size of a mini fridge. Compared to traditional networks such as radio, the TERRA-M allows more licence-free data transferred at low probability of detection (LPD) and low probability of interception (LPI). TERRA-M brings deployable, resilient connectivity to wherever it is needed, solving some of Earth’s most critical problems from economic inclusion to climate change. Archangel Lightworks is based in Oxford, UK and Archangel Lightworks USA is based in Orlando, Florida.