The technologies that allow NASA to talk to and navigate spacecraft are often overlooked — perhaps because they work so well. Join us as we shine a light on the invisible networks that power space science and exploration.
The technologies that allow NASA to talk to and navigate spacecraft are often overlooked — perhaps because they work so well. Join us as we shine a light on the invisible networks that power space science and exploration.
In this bonus episode of NASA's The Invisible Network podcast, NASA subject matter experts answer questions about the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) submitted on social media.
In this final episode of a five-part series about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, we look at the future of optical communications technologies at NASA.
In this fourth episode of a five-part series about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, we look at the LCRD ground segment, which consists of infrastructure in Hawaii, California, and New Mexico.
In this third episode of a five-part series about NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, we look at the LCRD flight payload, which launched on the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program Satellite-6 earlier on December 7.