Earth ID: 11357

Laser Communication Relay Demonstration

Released on October 31, 2013

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Since its inception in 1958, NASA has relied exclusively on radio frequency (RF)-based communications as the only viable medium for exchanging data between a mission and a spacecraft. Today, with missions demanding communication with higher data rates than ever before, NASA is taking steps to embark on a new era of communication technology. The Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) project will help pave the way, pioneering technologies that will enable the exchange of data through beams of light.

JPL OCTL Facility Footage
The Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) is involved in the development of operational strategies for ground-to-space laser beam propagation for NASA optical communication missions.

Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Animator
Chris Meaney (HTSI): Animator
Tyler Chase (UMBC): Animator
Robert Lafon (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Rich Melnick (HTSI): Video Editor
Michael Starobin (HTSI): Narrator
Rich Melnick (HTSI): Producer
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
Stephen Epstein (NASA/JPL CalTech): Videographer
Rich Melnick (HTSI): Writer
Michael Starobin (HTSI): Writer
Amber C Jacobson (ASRC Federal Research and Technology Solutions): Writer

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center