NASA's New Data Communication System Is Faster Than Your Internet, And It Works In Space
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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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