Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS)

iss048e052292 (8/6/2016) --- A view of Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) installed on ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station) Logistics Carrier-1 (ELC-1). The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) aims to demonstrate optical communications technology. This is accomplished by transferring a video from hardware onboard the ISS to our ground receiver at JPL’s Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) in Wrightwood, California.