“We’re taking off! At 5:19 AM ET, United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket launches into orbit carrying satellites and technology experiments as part of Mission 3 of the US Department of Defense and US Space Force’s Space Test Program.” , – the message says.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, lasers, in particular, will help to avoid the problems of congested radio frequency spectrum.
It noted that this problem has become more serious due to the growth of constellations of satellites in low Earth orbit, and companies are often filing regulatory claims over the spectrum of each other.
So, we are talking about the Laser Communication Repeater (LCRD), it went into space on the Atlas V rocket of the United Launch Alliance company as part of the satellite-6 space test program (STPSat-6).
NASA explains that most of the current missions use radio frequency communications.
However, this system has limited bandwidth, and as more sophisticated equipment is sent into space, more bandwidth is required to efficiently transfer data.
Liftoff! The @ulalaunch Atlas V with the STPSat-6 spacecraft carrying @NASA‘s #LCRD mission launched at 5:19am ET. More https://t.co/euK8R7kF49 pic.twitter.com/SHIgSSNAlp
— NASA HQ PHOTO (@nasahqphoto) December 7, 2021
We have lift off!
The @ULLAunch Atlas V rocket blasts off into space at 5:19am ET (10:19 UTC), to deliver cutting edge technology including our Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (#LCRD) technology to orbit. pic.twitter.com/zHgZmJyhaK
– NASA (@NASA) December 7, 2021
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