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December 14, 2014

OPALS: Light Beams Let Data Rates Soar

Laser Transmission Of Information 'Practical And Repeatable', NASA Says

You may know opals as fiery gemstones, but something special called OPALS is floating above us in space. On the International Space Station, the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) is demonstrating how laser communications can speed up the flow of information between Earth and space, compared to radio signals.

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