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A schematic of a laser communications terminal onboard the International Space Station transmitting data over laser signals to a smaller satellite at a higher altitude; this satellite then relays the data to Earth.

ILLUMA-T launches to the International Space Station

November 9, 2023

This laser communications terminal aims to transmit data at high rates from the ISS to ground stations via NASA’s first two-way laser communications relay system.

a photo of a sensor
In the Media

New X-ray detectors to provide unprecedented vision of the invisible universe

August 30, 2023
NASA SCIENCE
an illustration of satellite in space with Earth's blue surface in the background.
Awards
In the Media

AFRL team wins AFCEA’s annual writing contest on CHSS

July 27, 2023
AFRL
An illustration of satellite in orbit with data streams (shown as 1s & 0s) connecting it to earth.
Awards

Lincoln Laboratory researchers win 2023 Cyber Edge Writing Award

May 16, 2023
A satellite with a happy birthday hat flies through space.
In the Media

TESS celebrates its fifth “launchiversary”

April 20, 2023
MIT TESS News
a technician loads a reticle (a kind of optical blueprint) into the 193-nm lithography tool used in the sensor production process.
In the Media

How did black holes shape the cosmos? Fast, low-noise X-ray sensors may provide the answer

August 17, 2022
NASA Science
a photo of a 3d printer nozzle extriding material onto a piece of glass.

3D-printed shielding can help protect satellites from radiation damage

March 28, 2022
A small satelitte photographed against a white background. About , about 10 cm X 10 cm X 36 cm in size, it consists of a small solar panel array, connected to the satellite bus standing upright, topped with a golden cube.

Pathfinder satellite paves way for constellation of tropical-storm observers

June 30, 2021
Six small satllite buses (about size of loaf of bread) are photographed against a white background.
In the Media

Tiny satellites could help warn of the next big hurricane

June 27, 2021
Wired
The photo is of the enclosure for the Space Surveillance Telescope. The enclosure was provided by the Australian government.

The Space Surveillance Telescope in Western Australia captures its first image

February 2, 2021
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