Laser Communications Relay Demonstration

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title: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration
text: The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) is a NASA mission that will test laser communication in space for extremely long distances, between Earth and geosynchronous orbit. After being integrated into STPSat-6, a part of STP-3, LCRD launched on 7 December 2021 on an Atlas V 551. Results from LCRD's first year of experiments in orbit have been shared online and through a SPIE publication.
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