From high-tech barriers made in Valencia to free space laser communications manufactured in Sylmar, government and consumer contracts are keeping firms busy.
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Sources have also reported that the satellite has an onboard laser communications device and will provide the GLONASS system with navigation correction signals.
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The technology is a direct predecessor to NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration ( LCRD ) system which is due to launch in 2017.
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Some of the instruments proposed for the design included a 1.5-meter telescope for observations and a 1-meter telescope for laser communication with Earth.
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In 2008 ESA used laser communication technology designed to transmit 1.8 Gbit / s across 45, 000 km, the distance of a NFIRE satellite.
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It is anticipated to employ a laser communication subsystem, that was successfully tested abord the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission in 2013.
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Krieg, taking a uniform of his own, and Ford, are able to contact Captain Bridger up-world thanks to Lucas'reprogramming of one of the WSKRs for laser communication.
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NASA's OPALS announced a breakthrough in space-to-ground laser communication December 9, 2014, uploading 175 megabytes in 3.5 seconds ( a speed of 400 megabits a second ).
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The MDA has removed the kill vehicle portion of the planned test, saying it posed a risk of technical failure, and replaced it with a laser communications payload.
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The week after, the laser communications beam to the " Mayflower II " cuts off, having been destroyed in another global war that had taken place 4.5 years ago.
