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However, the adaptation of cross-atmospheric links remains to be progressing slowly. One of the challenges is the limited availability of outdoor, free-space testbeds. The proposed testbed facility will enable testing over the long-distance, cross-atmospheric channel created between two stations located in Tallinn and Helsinki. The testbed will allow for fixed-points free-space optical connection, demonstrating and validating a continuous datalink between interoperable terminals and transceivers aligned with satellite optical communication standards. The testbed should allow to collect and analyse information on the atmospheric channel over multiple seasons. It should monitor weather conditions and investigate beam dissipation dynamics and various mitigation strategies. The spatially dynamic optical links will also be demonstrated to test and validate a free-space optical datalink between moving terminals. The testbed should foresee and facilitate testing of quantum-encrypted free-space optical communication capabilities. 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