Kepler, based in Canada, recently launched the first tranche of its optical data relay constellation. The deployment includes ...

Transcelestial, a startup developing optical communications technologies, has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space ...

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Is it time for space lasers yet? Almost. As time passes, ideas that were once confined to the realm of science fiction become more realistic. It's true of things like using robots to explore other ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for the deployment of "space laser technology" at the U.S.-Mexico border. "Israel has some of the best unmanned defense systems in the world," the Georgia ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to reliably relay messages through space. The solution could be ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...

Together with five partners from across Europe, LZH scientists are developing a lidar system for space-based measurements to ...