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 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.
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