The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

The primary challenge in satellite laser downlinks is atmospheric turbulence, which distorts and weakens signals.

Chinese scientists have successfully transmitted data from space to Earth at a staggering 1Gbps speed—five times faster than Starlink—using a low-powered 2-watt laser from a satellite in geostationary ...

The team was formed by researchers from China's Deep Space Exploration Lab, Yunnan Observatories and Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the CAS, Sun Yat-sen University, Shanghai Institute of ...

How can radio astronomers successfully identify extraterrestrial radio signals while discerning them from Earth-based radio signals? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal ...

The research team set up laser links between various targets and a miniature observatory on the roof of an NRC building in Ottawa, Ontario. This 2.5-metre station, named ARTEMIS, was originally ...

A practical surface-emitting laser using quantum dots as the optical gain medium has been developed, operating at 1,550 nm—ideal for optical fiber communications.

MUNICH, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mynaric, a leading provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, today announced significant customer deliveries of ...

Eutelsat signed a multiyear agreement with Orange to strengthen the French telecommunication company's position in low Earth orbit satellite communications. Through the partnership, Orange seeks ...

Here’s what actually happened: NASA successfully sent and received a laser communication from Psyche as it cruised 460 million kilometers (that’s about 286 million miles) away from Earth. The message ...

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China Satellite Laser Ranges Out to the Moons Orbit May 13, 2025 May 11, 2025 by Brian Wang A China research team on Sunday successfully captured the laser return signal from the retroreflector of the ...