Optical Communications Terminal Launches To ISS

Irene Klotz November 10, 2023
Credit: NASA
The SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule that launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 9 is carrying an optical communications terminal to demonstrate data rates of 1.2 gigabits per second from the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment, known as Illuma-T, is among the 6...
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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