PTD-3 Space-to-Ground Optical Link Operates at 200 GbPS

May 16, 2023

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The PTD-3 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3) satellite developed by Terran Orbital has enabled a successful 200 gigabits per second space-to-ground optical link. The NASA satellite hosts the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload funded by NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) and developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

“The completion of …

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