SpaceNews

Commercial laser comm edges closer to reality

“If you build it, they will come” is the motto of BridgeSat, a company building a network of laser-equipped ground stations for high-speed communications with satellites. “Optical communications is ...
Yahoo Finance

Space-Based Laser Communication Market Expanding at a 16.5% CAGR on Rising Demand for High-Speed Satellite Data Links - Market Research Intellect

The Space-based Laser Communication Market is primarily driven by the growing need for high-speed, secure, and reliable data transmission across satellite networks. Increasing deployment of small ...
TMCnet

IEEE Study Demonstrates Optical Fiber Bundles as a Promising Solution for High-Altitude Laser Communication Systems

To test the proposed architecture, the team characterized a commercialy available FB at the standard FSOC wavelength of 1550 nm. They measured different types of losses and distortion, simulated a ...
Space on MSN

NASA Beams Cat Video 19 Million Miles Through Space Using Via A Laser

NASA tested laser communications from space with a video of a cat chasing a laser dot! Psyche beamed the video about 19 ...
Phys.org

NASA's space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

A NASA technology experiment on the International Space Station completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system on Dec. 5, 2023. Together, they complete NASA's first two-way, end-to ...
ABC7

'First light': NASA receives laser-beamed message from 10 million miles away

An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA's Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could ...
abc27

Japanese satellite laser-comm and SAR startups start studies to accelerate satellite imagery acquisition

WARPSPACE and Synspective have agreed to proceed with verification using software to analyze data acquisition frequency and speed when using WarpHub InterSat. TSUKUBA ...
AFCEA

The Evolving World of All-Weather Laser SATCOM

Communications using a light beam isn’t a new idea, even outside of “Star Trek,” “Star Wars” and other similar tales of fantasy. Scientist and science fiction writer Arthur Clarke forecasted ...
SpaceNews

NASA Awards Loral Contract For Laser Comm Payload Flight

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 National Interest

Will Laser Communications Soon Become Reality in the U.S. Military?

Here’s What You Need to Know: Recent advances mean that it should be possible to send data from a drone to a plane or ship using lasers. Early experimentation and research underway at Raytheon ...
Popular Science

NASA is testing space lasers to shoot data back to Earth

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CNN

NASA launches laser demo that could revolutionize space communication

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The use of ...