Integrated Lasercomm LEO User Modem Amplifier - Terminal (ILLUMA-T) on International Space Station (ISS)
NASA has invested in advancing free space optical communications technologies to meet the ever-greater data demands for science and human exploration missions, to cultivate a robust commercial optical communications industrial base, and to enable optical communications technology diffusion for widespread commercial applications. The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) is NASA's first optical communications relay satellite. LCRD will be stationed in geosynchronous orbit and is designe...