SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 22, 2026TechCrunch

NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

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During NASA's Artemis II moon mission, a low-cost laser communications terminal built by Observable Space and Quantum Opus successfully received 4K video from the Orion spacecraft at 260 megabits per second — costing under $5 million compared to tens of millions for traditional solutions, proving affordable space-to-Earth laser networks can scale globally.

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