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SpaceX Launches High-Speed Satellites, Setting New Communication Records
10/27/2025
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- SpaceX has launched satellites equipped with three optical transceivers, each capable of 200 Gbit/s.
- NASA's TeraByte Infrared Delivery achieved 200 Gbit/s from low-Earth orbit.
- Japan's Daichi-4 set a record for RF transmissions at 4 Gbit/s.
- Atmospheric water vapor and turbulence affect free-space optical (FSO) communication signal quality while adaptive optics mitigate these effects.
