Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) is a spacecraft communication instrument developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that was tested on the...
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Laser Communications Relay Demonstration – NASA payload launched in 2021 Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science – 2014 ISS instrument to test laser downlinkPages...
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Laser communication in space (redirect from Extraterrestrial optical communication)
successful inter-satellite links. In December 2014, NASA's Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) announced a breakthrough in space-to-ground laser...
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Back to Earth, March 2014 NASA's Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science demonstration mission to the ISS Wireless Optical Link Budget (with python examples)...
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SpaceX CRS-3 (category SpaceX payloads contracted by NASA)
what cameras work best in the harsh environment of space Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) will demonstrate high-bandwidth space to ground...
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Henry, Caleb (14 March 2019). "Former SpaceX Starlink exec joins German lasercomm startup". SpaceNews. Stölzel, Thomas (29 July 2021). "Ex-Top-Ingenieur...
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LADEE (section Science payload)
at NASA Science MIT's Lincoln Lab, lasercomm terminal development NASA's Lunar Science Program - February 27, 2008 - Kelly Snook Overview for K-8 students...
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