NASA Taps Space Systems/Loral For Laser Communications Demo

Calling optical systems “the next era of space communications,” NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has selected Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to host a laser communications relay demonstration (LCRD) payload on a 2016 commercial mission. The technology has two attractions: optical communications use an...

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