Not OP, so I'm guessing purely on my knowledge of how most of the industry works, but there's likely some sort of FPGA with custom IP at the center, connected t

Not OP, so I'm guessing purely on my knowledge of how most of the industry works, but there's likely some sort of FPGA with custom IP at the center, connected to a powerful optical transmitter/receiver. Associated reading can be found here: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Microelectronics/The_use_of_reprogrammable_FPGAs_in_space https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Techn... https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20150009433/downloads/20150009433.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20150009433/downloads/20... https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/fpga-enables-high-bandwidth-space-systems-lower-system-cost https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/fpga-enables-h...