NASA Terminal Transmits First Laser Communications Uplink to Space 

NASAs LCOT Low-Cost Optical Terminal, a ground station made of modified commercial hardware, transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRD TeraByte Infrared Delivery, a tissue box-sized payload formerly in low Earth orbit. During the first live sky test, NASAs LCOT produced enough uplink intensity for the TBIRD payload to identify the laser beacon, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/techn...
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