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    Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) is a spacecraft communication instrument developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that was tested on the...
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    Back to Earth, March 2014 NASA's Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science demonstration mission to the ISS Wireless Optical Link Budget (with python examples)...
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    successful inter-satellite links. In December 2014, NASA's Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) announced a breakthrough in space-to-ground laser...
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    Communications Relay Demonstration – NASA payload launched in 2021 Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science – Optical communications test in 2014 between earth...
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    what cameras work best in the harsh environment of space Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) will demonstrate high-bandwidth space to ground...
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  • Henry, Caleb (14 March 2019). "Former SpaceX Starlink exec joins German lasercomm startup". SpaceNews. Stölzel, Thomas (29 July 2021). "Ex-Top-Ingenieur...
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