Kyocera Installs World's First^*1 Fine Cordierite Ceramic Mirror for International Space Station's Experimental Optical Communications

Kyocera Corporation (hereinafter: Kyocera) announced that its "Fine Cordierite" ceramic mirror has been chosen for use in experimental equipment to conduct optical communication between the International Space Station (ISS) and a mobile optical station on Earth. This is the first time^*1 that cordierite has been adopted for such a purpose.

^*1 First time a mirror made of cordierite ceramic was chosen for use in experimental optical communications equipment in the ISS, based on Kyocera research (2024)

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