Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:45am on 23 Nov 2023,Thursday Science
In a groundbreaking achievement, NASA's Psyche spacecraft, equipped with the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) tool, has successfully transmitted a laser-beamed message from a staggering distance of 16 million kilometers—40 times farther than the Earth-Moon gap. This achievement, known as 'first light,' showcases DSOC's potential for higher-data-rate communications. The Psyche mission, aimed at exploring the metallic asteroid Psyche, plans to continue these optical communications on its way to the asteroid, potentially revolutionizing deep space communication by enabling data transfer at speeds 10 to 100 times faster than current methods.
