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New Laser Network Could Make Space-to-Earth Contact 1,000X Faster

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A new 'laser-powered' project being launched in Western Australia could revolutionize satellite communications.

TeraNet project aims to increase capacity of space-to- Earth communications by 1,000 times.

Radio-wave communications are becoming unable to keep up with the enormous demand for data transfer.

Laser-powered systems have a drawback: they are prone to interference.