NASA’s TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery) demonstration and its host spacecraft — the PTD-3 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-3) — have completed their technology demonstration. The TBIRD payload spent the past two years breaking world records for the fastest satellite downlink from space using laser communications. NASA’s PTD series leverages a common commercial spacecraft to provide a robust […]
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Space Communications & Navigation Program, Ames Research Center, Communicating and Navigating with Missions, Goddard Space Flight Center, Small Satellite Missions, Space Communications Technology, Technology Demonstration
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September 25, 2024
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