Mars Laser Communication Demonstration

The Mars Laser Communication Demonstration was a project to demonstrate optical communications on the 2009 Mars Telecommunications Orbiter. "Lasercom sends information using beams of light and optical elements, such as telescopes and optical amplifiers, rather than RF signals, amplifiers, and antennas" [1] The program for the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter was scrapped in 2005 and hence also the project [2]

References

Townes, Stephen A.; et al. "The Mars Laser Communication Demonstration". Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
BRIAN BERGER. "NASA Mars Telecom Orbiter Axed As Space Agency Priorities Shift". Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2008.

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[1] Townes, Stephen A.; et al. "The Mars Laser Communication Demonstration". Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2010.

[2] BRIAN BERGER. "NASA Mars Telecom Orbiter Axed As Space Agency Priorities Shift". Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2008.