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![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/other/image/2024-06/les-1-inspection.jpg?itok=POAAcDyO)
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.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2024-06/pet-article-image-1-1.png?itok=jud1lY61)
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2024-02/IEEE_ThreeMilestone_Web_3_Updated.jpg?itok=UZBKO3W7)
Awards
February 15, 2024
![A laser communications terminal approximately the size of a standard refrigerator sits in a cleanroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-12/ILLUMA-T.jpeg?itok=n8vn1i8Y)
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-11/ILLUMA-T_to_LCRD.jpeg?itok=aFZl3fnY)
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.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-09/Quantum%20repeater_527748%20-13.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=x70Ka2qS)
September 11, 2023
![A piece of hardware showing a copper mount with integrated circuit components bonded to it](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-09/527748%20-13.jpg?itok=y27dGBnE)
July 26, 2023
![Three people examine an optical communications payload at Kennedy Space Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-06/o2o_at_ksc_5.jpg?itok=q6gNk4X4)
In the Media
June 13, 2023
![An illustration of data being sent across a laser from a small satellite to a ground station on Earth.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2022-11/tbird_conops_public_notext.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=qp_Ti0vK)
November 8, 2022