China Verifies Technology For Lightweight Inter-Satellite Laser Link

One of two Xingyun 2 satellites communicating with the other.
Credit: Chinese State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
BEIJING—China has verified operation of a lightweight, low-power technology for inter-satellite laser links, which should be valuable for mass constellations of low-orbit communications satellites. The demonstration by state weapons and space group Casic has come months before a similar test planned...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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