The massive advantages of laser communication in space have multiple space agencies racing to develop a stable space communication platform, with many significant demonstrations and achievements ., " no laser communication system is in use in space ."
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The massive advantages of laser communication in space have multiple space agencies racing to develop a stable space communication platform, with many significant demonstrations and achievements ., " no laser communication system is in use in space ."
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The first EDRS payload, EDRS-A, comprising a laser communication terminal and a Ka band inter-satellite link, was placed on-board Eutelsat commercial telecommunication satellite, called Eutelsat 9B . The satellite was launched in January 2016 by a Proton-M rocket and will be positioned at 9�E.
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The Tiangong 2 brings with it the POLAR gamma ray burst detector, a space-Earth quantum key distribution and laser communications experiment to be used in conjunction with the Mozi Quantum Science Satellite, a liquid bridge thermocapillary convection experiment and a space material experiment.
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In January 2013, NASA tested one-way laser communication with LRO by sending an image of the Mona Lisa to the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter ( LOLA ) instrument on LRO from the Next Generation Satellite Laser Ranging ( NGSLR ) station at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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A second dedicated spacecraft, EDRS-C, also carrying a laser communication terminal, will follow in 2017 and will be positioned at 31�E . These two parts will form the initial core space infrastructure that provides direct coverage for LEO satellites over Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Poles.
