SpaceX Successfully Tests Starlink Satellite Laser Communications, Dramatically Reducing Latency

SpaceX 成功测试星链卫星激光通信，大幅降低延迟
SpaceX 透露，其已经首次成功在轨道上测试了星链卫星的「激光通信」 … 在此之前，人们以
为星链卫星都没有包含激光互连机制，但现在看来，在第九批或第十批发射的星链卫星中，有两
颗已经成功在轨道上测试了原型激光器 … 激光互连提供的好处还包括，通过降低延迟，互连网
络将能够服务于更大的地理区域，因为它允许远离地面站的用户通过其他卫星路由到最近的地面
站。
SpaceX Successfully Tests Starlink Satellite Laser Communications, Dramatically Reducing Latency
SpaceX has revealed that it has successfully tested the first “laser communication” in orbit on a Starlink satellite … Previously, it was known as
None of the satellites launched for Starlink included a laser interconnection mechanism, but it now appears that two of the ninth or tenth Starlink satellites launched in the ninth or tenth batch have a laser interconnection mechanism.
The prototype laser has been successfully tested in orbit … Laser interconnects also provide benefits by reducing latency, interconnecting network
The network will be able to serve a larger geographic area because it allows users far from the earth station to route to the nearest earth station via other satellites.
Station.