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Official home of NASA's optical communications missions: LLCD, LCRD, ILLUMA-T, TBIRD, DSOC, and O2O.
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NASA Goddard
@NASAGoddard
.
@NASASCaN
is infusing laser communications systems into missions to send terabytes of data – pictures and videos – to Earth and increase our knowledge of the universe. See what
@NASALaserComm
accomplished in 2022 and what's ahead in coming years:
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What’s Next: The Future of NASA’s Laser Communications
NASA uses lasers to send information to and from Earth, employing invisible beams to traverse the skies, sending terabytes of data to increase our knowledge of the universe.
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Did you know
@NASASCaN
uses lasers for navigation as well as communications?
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engineers developed laser retroreflectors for the
@esa
Lunar Pathfinder mission. Once on-orbit, engineers will bounce lasers signals off the arrays to measure the position of the spacecraft.
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Placing humans on the Moon is a group effort! This month, @NASASCaN engineers @NASAGoddard delivered a laser retroreflector to @esa for the Lunar Pathfinder mission. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3F0kmCT
Lunar Pathfinder laser retroreflector being inspected by engineers
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Would you look at that view! Although there isn't a laser comm terminal on #Artemis I mission, the 2024
@NASAArtemis
II mission will carry the Orion Artemis II Optical Comm System. This
@NASA_Technology
will showcase high-data-rate laser communications from the Moon!
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This is RIGHT NOW. @NASA_Orion is looking back at Earth and the Moon from distant retrograde orbit. Watch the #Artemis I livestream: bit.ly/3EBXYiY
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The Orion spacecraft, the Moon, and Earth as seen from a camera at the end of one of Orion's solar panels. Credit: NASA
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This summer,
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intern Mitchell Zakocs supported our next laser comm mission – ILLUMA-T! Mitchell developed a software simulation for the payload that will allow the ILLUMA-T team to test procedures and train operators without disturbing the flight hardware.
Mitchell Zakocs headshot in small box, surrounded by blue gradient regtangle with text on the graphic reading: “Laser communications enables more data in a single link back to Earth. It’s really exciting to think we can use lasers - or infrared light - to send information to and from space! I was thrilled to work on the project this summer and I am excited to watch our capabilities grow and develop in the future.” In the background, the ISS communicating to LCRD over laser links.
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*Status Update* The #MissiontoPsyche has a new launch date, October 2023! Psyche will host a laser comm terminal known as DSOC and test laser communications against the challenges of deep space exploration. Learn more about DSOC: go.nasa.gov/2XIqfhA
Psyche spacecraft near asteroid.
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The Psyche spacecraft sits in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mission members wear lab coats and white cleanroom attire in the brightly lit large open room. The spacecraft’s solar array makes up the majority of its 800 square feet (75 square meters) structure. The central structure of the spacecraft is metallic grey with bright yellow instrument panels. Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Our #MissionToPsyche is moving forward. 🚀 Following an internal review of mission development issues that caused the team to miss the planned 2022 liftoff to a distant metal-rich asteroid, Psyche is now targeting a launch window that opens Oct. 10, 2023: go.nasa.gov/3U8TiY8
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