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Photonics to Play Key Role in Spaceflight Communications

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Making space communications more efficient for both near-Earth and deep-space missions is a priority for NASA, and photonics may provide the solution. Laser communications could significantly improve data rates in all space regions, from low-Earth orbit to interplanetary. After more than 50 years of relying solely on radio frequency (RF) to send and receive data, several centers across NASA are experimenting with laser communications, which has the potential to provide data rates at least 10 to 100 times better than RF. These higher speeds would support increasingly sophisticated...Read full article

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    Published: October 2016
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