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Have you ever tried to

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download a movie

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with slow internet a buffer

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and it takes forever.

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Now imagine trying to download movies

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all the way from space.

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The international Space

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Station's new terminal Illuminati

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will use laser communications

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to demonstrate an enhanced way

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to transmit data.

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In fact,

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Illuminati can transmit data at a rate

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that would allow you to download

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a movie in under a minute.

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The process of sending

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and receiving spacecraft

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data is known as space communication.

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NASA is enhancing space

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communications capabilities

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through the power of lasers.

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Laser communications

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use higher data rates

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to send an increased amount

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of science

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and exploration data

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to earth in a single transmission.

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Historically, we've relied on radio

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frequency communications

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to send and receive data from space.

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With laser communications,

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we're supplementing that method.

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Laser communications can help

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NASA's science mission

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send more information and data

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that is vital to our understanding

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of our planet,

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the solar system and beyond.

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To prove these

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groundbreaking capabilities.

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NASA's Insight Using laser

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communications into multiple missions.

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One of these missions

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is a relay satellite known as LCD.

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LCD, launched in 2021 and is NASA's

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first ever laser relay,

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which will receive data

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from Illuminati on the space station.

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Together, LCD and Illuminati

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are NASA's

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first ever end to end laser

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relay system,

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demonstrating the benefits

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of a laser communications system.

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Laser terminals are ideal for missions

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like the space station

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because they are typically

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smaller, lighter

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and more efficient

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than comparable radio systems.

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In 2022, NASA launched another laser

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communications mission called T-bar

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to demonstrate 200 gigabit per

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second data

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at a record setting rate for the agency.

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T-Bird is a small satellite.

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It's only the size of a tissue box.

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And soon,

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NASA's will launch a laser

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terminal on Artemus Tube,

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a crewed mission to the moon.

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Onboard the Orion crew

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capsule, the O2 system will send back

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high resolution

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images and video from the lunar region.

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Illuminati, LCD, T-Bird and Otello

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are only the start of how laser

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communications are paving the way

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for advancing our scientific discoveries.

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NASA's infusing lasers to further advance

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our communications capabilities

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from the International Space

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Station today

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and to deep space in the future.