Telecom

NASA, partners achieve fastest space-to-ground laser comms link

On April 28, NASA and its partners achieved another major milestone in the future of space communications—achieving 200 gigabit per second (Gbps) throughput on a space-to-ground optical link between a satellite in orbit ...

Engineering

Surface steers signals for next-gen networks

5G communications' superfast download speeds rely on the high frequencies that drive the transmissions. But the highest frequencies come with a tradeoff.

Engineering

Communications system achieves fastest laser link from space yet

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 at record-breaking rates ...

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