While the raw speed isn't too impressive, it was achieved using a laser with less power than an energy-saving lightbulb.

The race to establish satellite-to-ground laser communications is heating up. Recently, China achieved a major milestone, which puts it ahead of Elon Musk's Starlink. The nation successfully attained ...

Launching this summer, NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will showcase the dynamic powers of laser communications technologies. With NASA’s ever-increasing human and robotic ...

Ultraviolet light has always sat at the edge of human perception, powerful yet invisible, more associated with sterilizing ...

In May 2022, the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload onboard a small CubeSat satellite was launched into orbit 300 miles above Earth’s surface. Since then, TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data ...

Indian firm olee.space has demonstrated a 20 km, 10 Gbps wireless laser communication system, largely built with local ...

In a significant advancement in space technology, SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation has established a robust and extensive inter-satellite laser communication system, revolutionizing global ...

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki Ph.D.) and the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech, President: OBATA Makoto), collaborated with ...

- Development of the world's first practical surface-emitting laser suitable for optical fiber communications systems. - Utilization of quantum dots as an optical gain medium, enabled by NICT's ...

MUNICH, DE / ACCESS Newswire / June 5, 2025 / Mynaric, a leading provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, today announced significant customer deliveries ...

The Space Development Agency aims to launch a constellation of hundreds of data transport and missile tracking satellites in the coming years. (Jumpeestudio/Getty Images) The Space Development Agency ...