How Do We Communicate with Spacecraft? We Asked a NASA Expert

How Do We Communicate with Spacecraft? We Asked a NASA Expert

How do we communicate with spacecraft? For decades, satellites have beamed data back to Earth by way of radio waves, with a network of ground-based antennas collecting the incoming information. Now, we are exploring laser communications, technology that will allow us to receive more data from farther than ever before—faster, too. 

NASA space communications expert Risha George tells us more: https://www.nasa.gov/lasercomms

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde

Editor: James Lucas

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Feb. 8, 2023

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