Communications system achieves fastest laser link from space yet
Lincoln Laboratory’s TeraByte InfraRed Delivery system sent data from a satellite to Earth at 100 Gbps — a rate that will transform future science missions.
https://news.mit.edu/2022/communications-system-achieves-fastest-laser-link-space-yet-1130
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I guess the main question will be if science can keep up with the data being sent back, but still maintain integrity. Working quicker may lead to errors in how the data is interpreted.
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Yeah, I know the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is going to send back huge amounts of data in a few years time. Launch scheduled for later this decade I think.
@zleap We're going to need bigger thumb drives.