NASA Breaks Record for Fastest Space-to-Ground Data Transfer
A small satellite the size of a tissue box has achieved a tremendous feat, beaming down data from space to Earth at a record-breaking rate, and doing so with laser communications. Little Mermaid Director Rob Marshall on Handling the Music of a Disney Legend | io9 InterviewNASA’s TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) system transmitted data from orbit to a ground station on Earth at a rate of 200 gigabits per second, beating its previous record of 100 gigabits per second, the space agency recently announced. The data relay…