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Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System
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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>It was built by <a href="/facts/General_Atomics/u8jAsX9y">General Atomics</a> for the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">US DOD</a>'s <a href="/facts/Space_Development_Agency/CWNpGTlL">Space Development Agency</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>The two cubesats, LINCS A/B, were launched on <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a>'s Transporter-2 rideshare in June 2021, but communications were not established by January 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> One theory is that helium exposure during the Falcon 9 launch affected <a href="/facts/MEMS/TkhEzDpm">MEMS</a> devices in the cubesats.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Laser_communication_in_space/eIw98gxF">Laser communication in space</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Free-space_optical_communication/V3lyvTxk">Free-space optical communication</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Space Development Agency, General Atomics eye options after setback in laser comms experiment 6 Feb 2022 <a href="https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-general-atomics-eye-options-after-setback-in-laser-comms-experiment/" target="_blank">https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-general-atomics-eye-options-after-setback-in-laser-comms-experiment/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Space Development Agency, General Atomics eye options after setback in laser comms experiment 6 Feb 2022 <a href="https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-general-atomics-eye-options-after-setback-in-laser-comms-experiment/" target="_blank">https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-general-atomics-eye-options-after-setback-in-laser-comms-experiment/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Falcon accident investigation points to breach in rocket’s helium system 31 Mar 2024 <a href="https://spacenews.com/falcon-accident-investigation-points-to-breach-in-rockets-helium-system/" target="_blank">https://spacenews.com/falcon-accident-investigation-points-to-breach-in-rockets-helium-system/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>