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Meanings and definitions for OPALS
What does OPALS stand for? What does OPALS mean?
- Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) is a spacecraft communication instrument developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that was tested on the International Space Station (ISS) from 18 April 2014 to 17 July 2014 to demonstrate the technology for laser communications systems between spacecraft and ground stations.The purpose of OPALS is to do research into replacing traditional radio-frequency (RF) communications which are currently used on spacecraft.
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