CubeSat set to demonstrate NASA's fastest laser link from space

CubeSat set to demonstrate NASA's fastest laser link from space

Space Daily

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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2022

NASA's Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) mission, carrying the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) system, will debut on May 25 as part of SpaceX's Transporter-5 rideshare launch. TBIRD will showcase the high-data-rate capabilities of laser communications from a CubeSat in low-Earth orbit. At 200 gigabits per second (Gbps), TBIRD will downlink data at the highest optical rate ever achi

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