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An artist's rendition of a satellite carrying a laser communications payload above the Earth in low Earth orbit.
In the Media

NASA’s record-breaking laser demo completes mission

September 25, 2024
NASA
Two people talk at a poster presentation session.

Lincoln Laboratory hosts 14th annual Communications Workshop

August 19, 2024
Engineers inspect LES-1 prior to its 1965 launch. The satellite is positioned atop a Titan III rocket on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, Florida.

A satellite signals after 45 years of radio silence

June 12, 2024
A collage of pet photos — including cats, dogs, birds, and rabbits — overlaid on Earth with laser links between Earth and a communications terminal on the International Space Station.
In the Media

NASA's laser relay system sends pet imagery to, from Space Station

June 10, 2024
NASA
three photos: left shows an air traffic control radar; middle shows an SEM photo of microelectronic devices; and right shows a close-up of a laser.
Awards

Achievements in air traffic control, microelectronics, and lasers are named IEEE Milestones

February 15, 2024
A laser communications terminal approximately the size of a standard refrigerator sits in a cleanroom.
In the Media

NASA’s space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

December 13, 2023
NASA
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
An up-close of a quantum repeater module mounted on a gold-plated copper assembly and connected to green printed circuit boards, with optical fibers routed up.

Quantum repeaters use defects in diamond to interconnect quantum systems

September 11, 2023
A piece of hardware showing a copper mount with integrated circuit components bonded to it
Awards

Lincoln Laboratory technologies win five R&D World awards

September 7, 2023
A team of eight stands in front of two sensor-equipped vehicles, with mountains in the backdrop.

Field campaign assesses vulnerabilities of 5G networks

July 26, 2023
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