NASA To Demo Laser Communications To And From GEO

Irene Klotz March 15, 2022
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NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, located in geosynchronous orbit (GEO), is expected to begin experiments in April to showcase optical technologies and validate the use of optical relays.
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Among the most obvious differences between the Apollo Moon landings and the upcoming Artemis missions will be how program insiders and the public experience the events. Instead of grainy, black-and-white images and intermittent communications from astronauts on the lunar surface, NASA expects live...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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