 The goal of the laser communications program is to develop a global quantum secured optical communication network So some of the key benefits of optical communications is that it offers much faster data rates than the current radio frequency technology Which is really limiting the amount of data that we can transfer from space to ground because we're transmitting the information on light It's also naturally suited to being secured through quantum encryption, which will allow provably secure communication ANU in space is really here to grow the Australian space industry One of the advantages ANU has is our expertise in quantum communications We're applying the quantum communication which has been demonstrated in the lab and over fiber optics to the ground to space segment and this will enable a lot of Instruments in space and satellites to send a lot more data back down to earth a lot faster than is currently possible