r/lasercom is a subreddit with 4k members. The most common flair used is news, article, research, question, and video.
Lasercom is free space optical communications. Think NASA, ESA, SpaceX StarLink, Amazon Leo. Lasercom is a revolutionary technology delivering faster, cheaper, more secure data at light speed. Applications include quantum comms, telecom, satcom, banking, maritime, agriculture, urban monitoring, emergency services, military and government intelligence, global navigation, and space exploration. It enables amazing high-def space photos, and will become a backbone of the interplanetary internet.
Flair Used in r/lasercom
#1
News
: "SpaceX planning to sell it's optical communication terminals to satellite manufacturers"
104 posts
#2
Article
: "How Nato is using unjammable lasers to defend against Russian sabotage | The i Paper (11th Dec 2025)"
41 posts
#3
Research
: "New Research on "High-performance 100 Gbps free-space optical communication via optical pin beam receiver" (Open Access | Full-Text) | Nature communications engineering (27th Nov 2025)"
18 posts
#4
Question
: "Building a Free Space Optical Transceiver: Seeking Guidance and Resources"
10 posts
#5
Video
: "A really good introduction to lasercom at NASA (albeit a bit dated): Donald Cornwell plenary talk: "NASA's Optical Communications Program: 2015 and Beyond" | SPIETV (2015)"
8 posts
#6
Discussion
: "What are the main barriers to deep space optical comms at the moment?"
5 posts
#7
Educational
: "KORUZA is a low cost, open source and open hardware, wireless optical communication system | Hackster.io (2016)"
4 posts
#8
Commercial
: "Luxembourg-based startup SkyGrids shows off their SkyLink-100 (SL-100) laser communication technology for remote sensors and UAVs (29th March 2025)"
3 posts
#9
Conference
: "Starlink's Laser System Is Beaming 42 Million GB of Data Per Day"
2 posts
#10
Meta
: "👋Welcome to r/lasercom - Introduce Yourself and Read First!"
1 post
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Last updated: June 1, 2026