monica_b199818h ago

Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps — one giant step beyond the S-band radio comms of the Apollo era

https://lemmy.world/post/45081169

Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps — one giant step beyond the S-band radio comms of the Apollo era - Lemmy.World

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Found another description from NASA, but I’d like to read more details. Is it encrypted, or can anyone with an IR telescope and demodulator listen in? What’s the uplink speed?
NASA Laser Communications Terminal Delivered for Artemis II Moon Mission - NASA

The laser communications system for NASA’s Artemis II mission arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for integration with the Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts around the Moon.

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Apr 2 at 7:05pmWeb
Show threadBazell7h ago
Pretty sure that it will be encrypted.