Astrolight CEO Laurynas Mačiulis explains how laser satellite communication could ease spectrum congestion, increase data capacity, and raise new engineering and policy questions for space ...

An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA's Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could ...

China's BlueStar Optical Domain has a strategic vision of building a full-domain wireless optical network ecosystem. Credit: BlueStar Optical Domain HELSINKI — Shanghai-based laser communications ...

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, a groundbreaking lunar laser communications test is set to take place, signaling a new era of space data transmission. This collaboration with The ...

Faster, more secure connections from space could one day make broadband on planes, ships and even remote roads as easy as turning on a light. The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defense and Space, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The race to establish satellite-to-ground laser communications is heating up. Recently, China achieved a major milestone, which ...

Traveling to the moon presents significant communication challenges. Astronauts cannot simply use their cell phones to FaceTime with NASA, and the farther away they are from Earth, the more difficult ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), global manufacturer of all-domain defense technologies and mission-critical space capabilities, today announced a nearly ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...

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 ...