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CACI Proudly Contributes Laser Communications and Sensing Technology to NASA’s Historic Artemis II Mission
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"Onboard .. Orion spacecraft is CACI’s optical com. modem module, developed in partnership with ..MIT Lincoln Lab.. CACI’s optical comm. hardware, incl. .. bidi. modem and amps is integrated into the Orion ..Optical Communications System (O2O) payload."

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9.4.2026

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CACI Proudly Contributes Laser Communications and Sensing Technology to NASA’s Historic Artemis II Mission

CACI International Inc ( NYSE: CACI ) announced today it has successfully enabled advanced optical communications and sensing technologies for NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. “Artemis II represents the strength of American innovation and the power of partnership across government, industry, and academia,” said John Mengucci , CACI President and Chief Executive Officer. “As a long-standing mission partner, CACI is honored to support NASA as it leads humanity back to the Moon, and our teams are proud to contribute technology that helps enable safe, reliable human spaceflight. This is how we expand the limits of national security every day.” O2O: The Laser Link Connecting Artemis Astronauts to Earth in Real Time Onboard the Artemis II Orion spacecraft is CACI’s optical communications modem module, developed in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory. CACI’s optical

@charette @futurebird O2O is being tested /demonstrated on #ArtemisII but isn’t their primary comms method, that’s either the Near Space Network (#NSN) in LEO / HEO or the Deep Space Network (#DSN) further out. IIRC there are currently two #O2O ground stations being used for mission support, plus some experiments in low-cost receivers at Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra, Australia (not that far from #NASA’s #CDSCC)