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Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS)
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iss048e057073 (8/12/2016) --- A view of Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) installed on ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station) Logistics Carrier-1 (ELC-1). The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) aims to demonstrate optical communications technology. This is accomplished by transferring a video from hardware onboard the ISS to our ground receiver at JPL’s Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) in Wrightwood, California.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineOptical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS). NASA/JSC, 2016-08-12. Public domain. ID: iss048e057073.
