NASA Launches Laser Communication Experiment

Atlas V Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 7, 2021, in a still from video. NASA via AP/ Screenshot via The Epoch Times

The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission successfully launched Tuesday before sunrise at 5:19 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

LCRD is a technology demonstration that will pave the way for future optical communications missions.