Category:Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS)
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English: OPALS (Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science) is an optical communication in outer space experiment developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the International Space Station. It will test the potential for using an optical laser to transmit data, at much higher rates than traditional space-based RF communications, to Earth from space. It was launched to the orbital station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 18 April 2014, as part of the unpressurized payload cargo of the SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon spacecraft.
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Media in category "Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS)"
The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.
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NASA's OPALS Beams Video from Space.webm 1 min 42 s, 1,920 × 1,080; 75.21 MB
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OPALS - Flight System (1).png 582 × 327; 95 KB
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OPALS - Flight System (2).png 624 × 536; 282 KB
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OPALS - Flight System (3).png 1,203 × 920; 152 KB
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OPALS Concept of Operations.png 1,024 × 534; 414 KB
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OPALS Ground System.jpg 640 × 480; 72 KB
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OPALS laser beams data to Earth.jpg 1,613 × 1,126; 640 KB
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Opals20130712-640-640x350.jpg 2,030 × 1,464; 2.02 MB
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Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) patch.png 400 × 400; 85 KB
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The International Space Station is tracked by a laser.JPG 4,752 × 3,168; 4.5 MB