Suggested Searches

Integrated LCRD LEO User Modem and Amplifier Terminal

A Laser Communications Demonstration on the International Space Station

Future Mission

The ILLUMA-T payload will be hosted on an external module on the International Space Station and demonstrate the benefits of laser communications systems, which offer missions higher data rates and expedited data transfer. At 1.2 Gigabits per second, ILLUMA-T will send data to NASA's first-ever laser relay: the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD), and complete NASA's first end-to-end laser communications system.

Mission Type

Technology Demonstration

Partners

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory

Launch

2023

Landing

N/A