美国空军虽然没有改变它的空间激光通信计划的目标,却已经急剧地改变该计划的时间表。它把卫星验证的决定推迟到1981年年中,并且在1978年8月与1980年12月之间换上一系列地面试验与地面到空中的试验。地面的与飞机上的试验将大部分使用现有的拼装试验装置来进行,这样就可以以减慢的 Although the United States Air Force has not changed its space laser communications program’s goal, it has drastically changed the plan’s timetable. It postponed the satellite validation decision until mid-1981 and replaced a series of ground-based and ground-to-ground tests between August 1978 and December 1980. Most of the tests on the ground and on the aircraft will be carried out using existing assembly testing equipment so that the slowed