HightSpeed to the Moon

Record-shattering laser-based communication uplink between the moon and Earth
First broadband wireless connection … to the moon: Record-shattering Earth-to-Moon uplink

Date:

May 22, 2014

Source:

The Optical Society

Summary:

Scientists have prepared new details and the first comprehensive overview of the on-orbit performance of their record-shattering laser-based communication uplink between the moon and Earth, which beat the previous record transmission speed last fall by a factor of 4,800.