The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has announced progress in the development of its LUCAS system, involving inter-satellite optical communication in space using invisible laser light. It has successfully established laser acquisition and tracking between an Optical Data Relay Satellite and an Optical Ground Station, it highlights. LUCAS stands for “Laser Utilizing CommunicAtion System”. Under development ...

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