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Laser Communications to be Demonstrated from ISS

ILLUMA-T Components will Fly on 29th SpaceX Resupply Mission

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Tom Patton
Sep 18, 2023
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ILLUMA-T Demonstration CGI Image

NASA is sending a technology demonstration known as the Integrated LCRD Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) to the space station. Together, ILLUMA-T and the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD), which launched in December 2021, will complete NASA’s first two-way, end-to-end laser relay …

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