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Overview of the laser communications relay demonstration project

Edwards, 2012

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4673709612055615705
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Edwards B
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SpaceOps 2012

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This paper provides an overview of the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Project (LCRD), a joint project between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (JPL), and the Massachusetts …
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