--- title: IonQ’s Skyloom Optical Communications Terminals Reach 84... description: Skyloom Global, an IonQ company, has deployed dozens more optical communication terminals on York Space Systems satellites for the Space Development Agency's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ionq-s-skyloom-optical-communications-terminals-reach-84-on-orbit-installations-following-latest-lau-9s5yiusgn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IonQ’s Skyloom Optical Communications Terminals Reach 84 On-Orbit Installations Following Latest Launch | daily.dev og:description: Skyloom Global, an IonQ company, has deployed dozens more optical communication terminals on York Space Systems satellites for the Space Development Agency's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ionq-s-skyloom-optical-communications-terminals-reach-84-on-orbit-installations-following-latest-lau-9s5yiusgn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9s5YiuSGN.png og:image:alt: IonQ’s Skyloom Optical Communications Terminals Reach 84 On-Orbit Installations Following Latest Launch og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IonQ’s Skyloom Optical Communications Terminals Reach 84 On-Orbit Installations Following Latest Launch **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Skyloom Global, an IonQ company, has deployed dozens more optical communication terminals on York Space Systems satellites for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The satellites launched July 16, 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, adding to terminals launched during SDA's first Tranche 1 mission in September 2025. This is the second deployment of OCT-equipped vehicles and third overall Transport Layer Tranche 1 launch, moving SDA closer to completing its high-throughput, low-latency defense communications constellation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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