NASA begins construction of laser-based space communications network
In a case of real life imitating reel life, lasers in space might well speed communications between Earth and deep space
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In a case of real life imitating reel life, lasers in space might well speed communications between Earth and deep space
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission got spaceborne in the early morning hours of Dec. 7 after a 5:19 a.m. launch aboard a United
NASA's new laser technology is finally space-bound. After much anticipation and a two-year delay, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) was launched today (December 8) at 5:19am EST. According to NASA's social media updates, the LCRD was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on an Atlas V rocket of the United Launch Alliance.
--The STP-3 mission launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V
An Atlas V rocket lit up the predawn sky over Florida early Tuesday (Dec. 7) to launch a novel NASA laser space communications satellite into orbit.