Archangel Lightworks
Liam Foley is a seasoned Senior Electrical Systems Engineer at Archangel Lightworks, a position held since November 2017, following experience as an Electrical Systems Engineer and Power Systems Engineer within the same company. Previous roles include a participant at the International Space University in the summer of 2017, a Junior Engineer at DPS Engineering from June 2016 to June 2017, and an Engineering Student at Astellas Pharma in 2014 and 2012. Additional experience encompasses an Engineering Intern role at CarraghBridge Technologies in 2013, with a focus on data analysis for energy management, and a Summer Trainee position at Varsity Tent & Event Rentals in 2010-2011. Liam Foley's academic background includes a Space Studies Program at the International Space University in 2017 and a degree from NUI Galway obtained from 2009 to 2015, preceded by the Leaving Certificate from Rockwell College Tipperary (2007-2009) and the Junior Certificate from Intermediate School Killorglin (2004-2007).
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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.