Projects

The laser communications payload has delivered terabytes of data from a satellite to Earth at record-breaking rates that will transform future science missions.

Optical communications technologies decades in the making at Lincoln Laboratory were transferred to NASA for its first two-way laser relay communications system.

We are researching and prototyping cyber-resilient space systems software that will enable critical national security space assets to withstand, operate through, and recover from cyberattack.

Lincoln Laboratory created the world's highest-resolution radar for imaging of space objects in support of space situational awareness.

A unique curved focal surface enables a highly sensitive telescope capable of surveying broad swaths of deep space to detect the faintest objects in the night sky.

A new planet hunter will spend the next two years searching for exoplanets, including those that could support life.

The ILLUMA-T will enable optical communications on the International Space Station.

A program created by the Air Force Space Command and Lincoln Laboratory gives participants experience with advanced systems and processes for managing space operations.

A small satellite is providing imagery of a big swath of near-space.

Our CCDs will image X-rays emitting from elements on the surface of the asteroid Bennu.