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What does it take to call home from the Moon?
When NASA's Artemis II crew swung around the Moon in April, the world watched in extraordinary detail and a breakthrough laser communications system was the reason why. Bolted to the outside of the Orion capsule, a compact optical terminal beamed 484 gigabytes of data back to Earth using invisible infrared light, outpacing traditional radio systems by a factor of tens. The result was some of the most vivid imagery ever captured in deep space, an…
The Artemis II mission, carried out by NASA, marked a significant advance in space communications by using a laser communication system. This technology, developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, promises to revolutionize the way data is transmitted between spacecraft and Earth, especially on long-duration missions. Laser Communication System on Artemis II The Artemis II laser communication system, installed on the Orion module, is the first to suppo…
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