OPALS project uses laser beams for Earth-space communications
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —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.
