Mastodawn

#NASA is looking into developing a relay system of #communications 📶 satellites placed in other locations in the #SolarSystem 🌌, which could cut down the two-week blackout (when the Sun is between Earth and #Mars 🔴) to just a few hours. #LaserCommunications would allow for more data per second, with superior signal fidelity https://www.planetary.org/articles/challenges-facing-the-human-exploration-of-mars

#SpaceCommunication

Challenges facing the human exploration of Mars

From the dangers of radiation to the complications of landing a crewed spacecraft, there are myriad technical challenges facing human exploration of Mars.

The Planetary Society

SpaceNews [Unofficial]May 12

Transcelestial tests space-to-ground laser communications technologies

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/transcelestial-tests-space-to-ground-laser-communications-technologies/

Transcelestial tests space-to-ground laser communications technologies

Transcelestial has advanced its work to provide space-to-ground optical communications with a test of lasers from a satellite to ground stations.

SpaceNews

3i/Atlas Apr 19

'An impressive leap': Artemis II used lasers to communicate 100000x faster than the Apollo 13 mission
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=an-impressive-leap-artemis-ii-used-lasers-to-communicate-100000x-faster-than-the-apollo-13-mission
Artemis II just beamed data 100,000x faster than Apollo 13 — lasers are rewriting deep-space comms
#artemisii #lasercommunications #deepspaceexploration

'An impressive leap': Artemis II used lasers to communicate 100000x faster than the Apollo 13 mission

NASA's Artemis II mission demonstrated laser-based communications capable of transmitting data at speeds roughly 100,000 times faster than the radio systems that kept Apollo 13 in contact with Earth —...

SpaceNews [Unofficial]Mar 30

Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-wins-german-approval-for-mynaric-deal/

Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal

Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal

SpaceNews

SpaceNews [Unofficial]Mar 11

Large Series C signals scale-up of China’s laser satellite communications sector

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/large-series-c-signals-scale-up-of-chinas-laser-satellite-communications-sector/

SpaceNews [Unofficial]Feb 22

German defense firm said to be weighing bid for Mynaric

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/german-defense-firm-said-to-be-weighing-bid-for-mynaric/

German defense firm said to be weighing bid for Mynaric

German defense firm said to be weighing bid for Mynaric German defense firm said to be weighing bid for Mynaric

SpaceNews

Ars Technica News Aug 22, 2025

US military’s X-37B spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission https://arstechni.ca/L7Pp #lasercommunications #quantumsensing #militaryspace #USSpaceForce #spaceplane #Science #falcon9 #Boeing #launch #spacex #Space #X-37b

US military’s X-37B spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission

The X-37B spaceplane is flying missions few would have foreseen when the program began.

Ars Technica

Ansgar Schmidt

Dec 16, 2023

Laser communication: the future of communicating in space https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/12/laser-communication/ #lasercommunications #communications #featured #illuma-t #science #psyche #laser #other #dsoc #nasa #iss

Laser communication: the future of communicating in space - NASASpaceFlight.com

Laser communications, an ever so important factor for the future of space exploration, has seen…

NASASpaceFlight.com

Nick has moved to Mathstodon Nov 9, 2023

The 29th commercial resupply services mission (CRS-29) to the International Space Station launches tonight. Among other things, it will deliver ILLUMA-T, a #laserCommunications terminal that will be used to experiment with communications to the ground via the #LCRD laser communications relay satellite. More information about ILLUMA-T can be found here:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/illumat/

Launch currently looks like it's scheduled for 8:28 pm. It will be live streamed, and there are several ways to watch it (1/2).

#NASA #IllumaT #SpaceCommunications #spacecomms #ISS #lasercom #lasercomm #lasercomms