Space Nasa is sending a laser transmitter into space to streamline the flow of information, with live transmission in progress

Of the United States space administration Nasa is exchanging radio frequencies for lasers in its space communications. To advance the project, Nasa is launching a rocket on Tuesday that will transport equipment related to this LCRD project into space for the first time.

There is a desire to switch to laser because it enables more efficient transmission of information to Earth. According to Nasa, lasers can transmit information from space 10 to 100 times more efficiently than radio frequencies.

Laser systems are also practical because the equipment they require is lighter, smaller and requires less energy to operate than equipment that uses radio frequencies.

A laser transmitter launched into space on Tuesday will orbit the Earth at an altitude of about 35,000 kilometers. The device is being tested at ground stations located in California and Hawaii.