NASA is building optical communications technologies into its networks, using infrared laser links to offer missions higher data rates than comparable radio frequency systems. NASA’s Low-Cost Optical ...

The launch today of NASA’s Psyche mission to visit a metal asteroid will include an extra bonus, as the spacecraft will carry a test of a new communications system. Testing Space Lasers for Deep Space ...

Artemis 2 astronauts will be testing out laser communications around the moon to enable faster transmission of images and video. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

York Space Systems successfully demonstration of a space-to-ground optical laser communication link with the Space Development Agency (SDA). During the demonstration, a York-built Tranche 0 satellite ...

Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) optical modulators are crucial in next-generation technologies such as free-space optical communication and LiDAR, but existing designs struggle with balancing ...

USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than ...

WASHINGTON — German optical communications company Mynaric has delivered more than 130 laser terminals to York Space Systems and Northrop Grumman, marking a turnaround after a year of supply chain ...

Following is selection of announcements of new products and technologies that have been made this week at ECOC in Frankfurt: Trumpf and Optomind’s new 100Gbps VCSEL. Trumpf Photonic Components and ...

Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully validated key technology that will increase throughput and reduce latency for customers using its satellite internet service, the company said Thursday. That ...