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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
So, the agency is seeking to use the new method to support new technologies and planned trips to the moon and other places.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
NASA officials say the DSOC system will be able to transfer huge amounts of science data through space.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
This is especially needed for large data files, as well as high-quality images and videos sent from space.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
The DSOC system is based on laser technology. Laser communications are also known as optical communications.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
NASA explains that the technology will permit “up to 100 times more data” to be sent back to Earth than current radio wave systems.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
“Much like fiber optics replacing old telephone lines on Earth as demand for data grows, going from radio communications to laser, or optical, communications will
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
allow increased data rates throughout the solar system,” NASA said in a statement.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
NASA said the laser system works with signals that exist at near-infrared wavelengths.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
Data transferred by laser takes the form of bits the smallest pieces of data a computer can process. These bits are contained within the laser’s photons
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
NASA is testing the DSOC on its Psyche spacecraft. Psyche was launched in October 2023 on its way to observe a mostly metal asteroid
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
The experiments involved a device aboard Psyche. It was able to send data to and receive data from a telescope in California.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
The agency estimates it would take about nine weeks to transmit a complete map of Mars back to Earth with current radio frequency systems.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
But with a laser-based method, the time would be cut to nine days. Also, laser communications equipment is smaller and requires less energy.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
Laser-based communication has already been demonstrated in low Earth orbit and on the moon.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
But the research team working on the DSOC project said this is the first time the method has been successfully tested in deep space.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
Meera Srinivasan is a project leader at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
She said in a statement the system was able to transfer about 10 minutes of data during an experiment on April 8.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
Srinivasan said the result represented an important new milestone for the project. The asteroid Psyche is traveling to is also called Psyche.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
NASA expects the spacecraft to travel about 3.6 million kilometers over six years to reach the asteroid.
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NASA Extends Laser Communication in Space to 226 Million Kilometers
Developers of the system say when Psyche is at its farthest point from our planet, the DSOC system’s photons will take about 20 minutes to travel back to Earth.
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NASA Finds Material that Could Support Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon
NASA has discovered new evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus holds material that is important to the early development of life.
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NASA Finds Material that Could Support Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon
The American space agency said the new evidence came from observations made by its Cassini spacecraft.
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NASA Finds Material that Could Support Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon
Cassini spent seven years observing seasonal changes around Saturn. During that time, the spacecraft also collected data on Saturn’s moons.
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NASA Finds Material that Could Support Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon
Two of Cassini’s discoveries involved Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus.
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NASA Finds Material that Could Support Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon
In its observations of Titan, the spacecraft studied the moon’s climate activity and recorded data on rivers, lakes and oceans.
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