{"id":127715,"date":"2021-12-09T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=127715"},"modified":"2021-12-09T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T11:35:06","slug":"nasas-lcrd-mission-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nasas-lcrd-mission-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s LCRD Mission Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: What is the purpose of NASA\u2019s recently launched LCRD mission?<\/strong><br>a) To Study Red Dwarf<br>b) To locate carbon in distant stars<br>c) Laser Communications Relay<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 07 December 2021; NASA launched its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD).<\/li><li>It also carried with itself NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun\u2019s radiation.<\/li><li>The payloads launched aboard the Space Test Program Satellite-6 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/li><li>LCRD will demonstrate NASA&#8217;s first two-way laser relay communications system, sending and receiving data over invisible infrared lasers.<\/li><li>This way of communication can enable data rates 10 to 100 times greater than radio frequency systems traditionally used by spacecraft.<\/li><li>Associate administrator for NASA&#8217;s Space Technology Mission Directorate informed that this launch has introduced an exciting new technology for space missions.<\/li><li>He said that demonstrating this innovative way of communicating with spacecraft will open the door for this technology to expand the horizons of future space missions.<\/li><li>The other NASA science payload that launched aboard the satellite was the Ultraviolet Spectro-Coronagraph Pathfinder (UVSC Pathfinder).<\/li><li>UVSC Pathfinder is a joint experiment with the Naval Research Lab that studies the origins of solar energetic particles, the Sun\u2019s most dangerous form of radiation.<\/li><li>It has the potential to develop a new, high-impact tool with predictive capability for energetic solar particle storms that will enable future space missions, helping us explore farther and travel safer.<\/li><li>NASA&#8217;s LCRD will demonstrate the benefits of space-to-ground laser communications, also called optical communications.<\/li><li>LCRD will send and receive data at a rate of 1.2 gigabits per second from geosynchronous orbit to Earth.<\/li><li>At such speed, one could download a movie in under a minute.<\/li><li>Laser communications systems are smaller, lighter, and use less power than radio frequency systems.<\/li><li>These advantages, combined with laser communications&#8217; higher bandwidth, can advance robotic and human exploration across the solar system.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-s-laser-communications-tech-science-experiment-safely-in-space-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-s-laser-communications-tech-science-experiment-safely-in-space-0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the purpose of NASA\u2019s recently launched LCRD mission?a) To Study Red Dwarfb) To locate carbon in distant starsc) Laser Communications Relayd) None of theseAnswer: (c)Related Facts:- On 07 December 2021; NASA launched its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD). 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