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In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment Enters Orbit

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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) completed its launch of the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL), an experiment to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part of the scheduled U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program H9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). SWELL is one of several experiments that launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle to the ISS on March 14. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrived at the ISS March 16. SWELL is a yearlong mission that will collect data during a laser power beaming link in space conditions. The experiment,...Read full article

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