An artist's concept of NASA's Orion spacecraft orbiting the Moon while using laser communications technology through the ...

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

A 2-watt laser, no brighter than a nightlight, has just delivered data at 1 gigabit per second from a satellite 36,000 ...

Chinese scientists achieve a groundbreaking 1Gbps satellite internet speed, overcoming atmospheric challenges and surpassing ...

Imagine beaming a HD movie from Shanghai to Los Angeles – crossing three Pacific widths in less than five seconds using just ...

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 ...