NASA holds the farthest-ever demonstration of optical communications, beaming a near-infrared laser encoded with test data from nearly 10 million miles away. Sierra Space lays off hundreds of members of staff. MDA announces a new Non-Geostationary Orbit satellite constellation, and more.

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Selected Reading

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data

Lockheed Martin Prepares First 5G.MIL® Payload for Orbit

Sierra Space lays off hundreds in push toward first Dream Chaser spaceplane launch

MDA Initiates Work On A New Digital Satellite Constellation

Advanced Space's CAPSTONE Operates One Year at the Moon

Telenor sells Satellite unit for $217 mln- Reuters

China launches new-generation marine satellite - CGTN

Space training for African youths opens applications

Controversial Quantum Space Drive In Orbital Test, Others To Follow- Forbes

All systems go: Amazon confirms 100% success rate for Project Kuiper Protoflight mission

1 year after Artemis 1 launch, NASA readies Artemis 2 to shoot for the moon again (video)

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