NASA fires communication laser 10 million miles into space for first time
The space agency says this is the farthest-ever demonstration of optical communications.
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The space agency says this is the farthest-ever demonstration of optical communications.
DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved 'first light,' sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time. NASA's Deep Space Optical...
Experiment transmits NIR laser encoded with data 16 million km to Caltech’s Palomar Observatory.
An experimental test of laser communications has sent back its first data, in a demonstration of the use of laser communications for deep space missions.
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications system just achieved 'first light.' The laser-based system should relieve data bottlenecks.