The O2O system could send more data to Earth than ever before, NASA says.

Transcelestial, a startup developing optical communications technologies, has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space ...

An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA's Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could ...

The optical (laser) satellite communication market is growing steadily, driven by a growing need for secure, high-capacity data links across space missions, defense applications, and commercial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The race to establish satellite-to-ground laser communications is heating up. Recently, China achieved a major milestone, which ...

The mission will mark NASA's first crewed test of laser communications in lunar orbit. O2O will use infrared light instead of radio frequencies to transmit voice, ...

Laser communication promises data rates in the gigabit to terabit range—significantly higher than conventional wireless connections. Europe wants to expand its expertise in this field and install its ...

NASA’s experimental laser communication system, riding along with the Psyche spacecraft, has hit another milestone. The system was recently used to transmit Psyche data from over 140 million miles ...

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