U.S. R&D "laser communication relay demonstration" system may evolve into high-speed space internet

U.S. Space reported that a system called "Laser Communications Relay Demonstration" that they are developing has recently passed a critical decision review process and entered the development integration and testing phase. This technology may evolve into a high-speed space internet in the future.

In space communications, NASA has been relying on radio frequency communication technology. In contrast, laser communications will increase the data transmission rate by 10 to 100 times, making it possible to transmit video and high-precision measurement data from space. Laser communication devices also have the advantages of small size, low weight, and low energy consumption. Therefore, laser communication is considered "there is potential to revolutionize space communications."

According to the plan, the NASA "laser communication relay demonstration" system will be launched in the summer of 2019 to a geosynchronous orbit of about 36,000 kilometers above the ground. The system will also set up two ground stations, located in California and Hawaii, USA, for sending and receiving data.

Previously, the “Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Detector” launched by the US Space Agency in 2013 had carried the “Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration” system and successfully transmitted data from the lunar orbit to the Earth at a rate of 622 megabits per second.

NASA said that the "Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration" system has for the first time proved the feasibility of returning high-speed laser data from near-Earth orbit, and the "Laser Communication Relay Demonstration" system will verify the operational life and reliability of laser communication technology. Learn how to optimize the use of this technology.

According to Don Cornwell, director of advanced communications and navigation at NASA's Office of Communications and Navigation, they are also designing an international space station laser terminal device to use space station data at a "laser communication relay demonstration" system at a kilometre per second. The bit rate relays back to Earth. This equipment is planned to be launched in 2021.

Conwell said: "Once the test is successful, we hope that many of NASA's many other earth-orbiting missions will also carry the same version of the equipment and use the 'laser communication relay demonstration' system to relay data back to the ground."

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