What is Lasercom?
What is Lasercom? Laser communication in space is the use of free-space optical communication in outer space. Communication may be fully in space (an inter-satellite laser link) or in a ground-to-satellite or satellite-to-ground application. Is there a satellite with a laser? European Data Relay Satellites The EDRS satellites that provide the infrastructure for the SDH service were launched in 2016 and 2019. It is the first commercially-available laser satellite service in the world. Around 2000 terabytes (2 petabytes) have been transferred over 50,000 links. How much does laser communication cost? In November 2019, NASA set a new life-cycle cost of...