While the raw speed isn't too impressive, it was achieved using a laser with less power than an energy-saving lightbulb.

NASA is speeding up communications in space with experiments aboard the International Space Station, Orion spacecraft and ...

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The race to establish satellite-to-ground laser communications is heating up. Recently, China achieved a major milestone, which puts it ahead of Elon Musk's Starlink. The nation successfully attained ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), global manufacturer of all-domain defense technologies and mission-critical space capabilities, today announced a nearly ...

In a significant advancement in space technology, SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation has established a robust and extensive inter-satellite laser communication system, revolutionizing global ...

NASA’s Space Technology Program has awarded Space System/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., a $3 million contract to initiate the process of hosting a space laser communications relay demonstration terminal ...

The U.S. Space Force says it will fund CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat for further space laser communications terminal work. The contracts fall under the second phase of the $100 million Enterprise ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...

VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, successfully established a two-way ...

The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration's flight laser transceiver is shown at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California in April 2021, before being integrated with ...

The Space Development Agency aims to launch a constellation of hundreds of data transport and missile tracking satellites in the coming years. (Jumpeestudio/Getty Images) The Space Development Agency ...