China’s 2026 moon laser communication speed is slower than Nasa’s in 2013
China achieves a 100 Mbps Earth-moon laser link, though comparisons note it lags behind historical NASA speeds.
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Source diversity sample: news.cgtn.com · South China Morning Post · SpaceWatch.GLOBAL · UA.NEWS · CPG Click Oil and Gas · Interesting Engineering.
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100 Mbps is the downlink speed achieved by Chinese researchers in a recent Earth-moon two-way laser link test spanning over 400,000 kilometers, which also demonstrated 8K image transmission in 12 seconds. Coverage across outlets including the South China Morning Post, CGTN, SpaceWatch.GLOBAL, UA.NEWS, CPG Click Oil and Gas, and Interesting Engineering details how the technology supports expanding lunar ambitions through a laser data highway, while concurrently drawing comparisons to a 2013 NASA test.
Coverage does not yet specify future operational deployment dates or technical adjustments needed to exceed previous space communication benchmarks.
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The obvious questions
What was the downlink speed of China's recent laser link test?
The test achieved a downlink speed of 100 Mbps.
What distance does the Earth-moon laser data highway cover?
Coverage states the link spans over 400,000 kilometers.
How long did it take to transmit an 8K image during the test?
The transmission took 12 seconds.
Who reported it (7)
- Chinese researchers complete Earth-moon two-way laser link test news.cgtn.com · 2d ago
- China’s 2026 moon laser communication speed is slower than Nasa’s in 2013 South China Morning Post · 2d ago
- China Demonstrates Earth-Moon Laser Communication Link as Lunar Ambitions Expand SpaceWatch.GLOBAL · 2d ago
- China reports two-way Earth-Moon laser link UA.NEWS · 2d ago
- China Develops a Laser Data Highway Connecting Earth and the Moon Over 400,000 Kilometers, Achieving 100 Mbps and Demonstrating 8K Image Transmission in Just 12 Seconds with New Space Technology CPG Click Oil and Gas · 2d ago
- Earth-moon laser communication test achieves 100 Mbps downlink speed Interesting Engineering · 2d ago
- China’s 2026 moon laser communication speed is slower than Nasa’s in 2013 South China Morning Post · 2d ago
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