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![An artist's rendition of a satellite carrying a laser communications payload above the Earth in low Earth orbit.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2024-09/terran-1.jpeg?itok=AZJhjag-)
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August 19, 2024
![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=p-7ii3WT)
November 9, 2023
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November 2, 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=n1eKGDSM)
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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=FFp50AcU)
November 8, 2022
![Five small 3D-printed vessels of various colors (white, browns) and shapes (cups, pyramid shapes](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2022-09/3DGlassStructures.png?itok=KG7rJA65)
September 19, 2022