Portland, Ore. — Alaska Airlines flight 2019 had just lifted off the runway at Portland International Airport when the cabin windows lit up in a green glow. The plane had been hit by a laser-pointer. ...
“If you build it, they will come” is the motto of BridgeSat, a company building a network of laser-equipped ground stations for high-speed communications with satellites. “Optical communications is ...
A laser communication ground station independently developed by a satellite manufacturer and constellation operator in Northeast China's Jilin Province has successfully carried out a satellite-based ...