Laser-based Satellite Data Relay System Enters Service

LYON, France—The European Data Relay System (EDRS), also known as SpaceDataHighway, entered into service last week by transferring data from a Sentinel Earth observation satellite to the ground in near-real time. EDRS used ultra-broadband laser communications to free low Earth orbit spacecraft from...

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