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Since there's no way to establish a fiber-optic connection between space and the ground and radio waves weren't cutting it, NASA turned to lasers.

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With impressive data rates of 200 gigabits per second, a satellite equipped with this technology could transmit over 2 terabytes of data in just a single 5-minute pass over a ground station

The TBIRD laser transmitter could be a staple of future NASA spacecraft.

New York, May 31 (IANS) A group of researchers from NASA, MIT, and other institutions have achieved the fastest space-to-ground laser-communication link yet

The blistering speed is 100 times faster than the swiftest internet speeds in most major cities.

Besides the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth jets, other really interesting assets and systems took part in Northern Edge exercise in Alaska.

A small satellite the size of a tissue box has achieved a tremendous feat, beaming down data from space to Earth at a record-breaking rate, and doing

The tissue box-sized TBIRD system transmitted 200 gigabits per second—double the record it set last year.

NASA’s TBIRD mission recently broke its own record for optical communications in space, demonstrating 200 gigabits per second in a space-to-ground optical