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TOKYO, Jan 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and NEC Corporation, the prime contractor of the laser-communication terminals for the Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS)(1), performed the world’s fastest optical communication (wavelength band: 1.5 μm, communication speed: 1.8 Gbps) using LUCAS between the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4)(2) and the Optical Data Relay Satellite in geostationary orbit at a distance of about 40,000 km…
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World’s First Successful Transmission of Huge Volume Mission Data Using 1.5 micron Optical Inter-Satellite Communication
TOKYO, Jan 24, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and NEC Corporation, the prime contractor of the laser-communication terminals for the Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS)(1), performed the world’s fastest optical communication (wavelength band: 1.5 μm, communication speed: 1.8 Gbps) using LUCAS between the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4)(2) and the Optical