So I guess this wouldn't solve your 5km challenge @wafa_athmani, but made me think of the RONJA (Rea

So I guess this wouldn't solve your 5km challenge @wafa_athmani, but made me think of the RONJA (Reasonable Optical Near Joint Access) device/communication method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RONJA

Basically it shoots a laser from one device to the other for a communication range of just under a mile at 10 Mbit/s. So how I would imaging a tightbeam comms device would work from The Expanse, though you'd have to consider a LOT more factors with that kind of distance/speed. But who knows, maybe it could spark another idea?
RONJA (Reasonable Optical Near Joint Access) is a free-space optical communication system originating in the Czech Republic, developed by Karel Kulhavý of Twibright Labs and released in 2001. It transmits data wirelessly using beams of light. Ronja can be used to create a 10 Mbit/s full of duplex Ethernet point-to-point link. It has been estimat...
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