{
  "id": 5010949,
  "title": "China’s 2026 moon laser communication speed is slower than Nasa’s in 2013",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/chinas-2026-moon-laser-communication-speed-is-slower-than-nasas-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-02T04:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3365942/chinas-2026-moon-laser-communication-speed-slower-nasas-2013"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China has pulled off two-way laser communication between Earth and the moon, making it only the second nation after the United States to do so. But the data rates it achieved were well behind those recorded by Nasa more than a decade ago, and that has left space experts scratching their heads. Using telescopes in Yunnan province and an experimental satellite that is now orbiting the moon after a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "China’s 2026 moon laser communication speed is slower than Nasa’s in 2013",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/chinas-2026-moon-laser-communication-speed-is-slower-than-nasas-in-5012763",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:00:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}