Tag: optical communications
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NASA Psyche Delivers Infrared Laser Message From 494 Million Kilometers
Psyche’s Record-Breaking Laser Message Reaches Earth In December 2024, NASA’s Psyche mission achieved a milestone that science fiction has long whispered about: an infrared laser message transmitted from the distant reaches of our solar system and received on Earth. The one-way signal traveled roughly 494 million kilometers (about 307 million miles), a distance that tests…
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Earth Receives Final NASA Laser Message From Psyche at Record Deep-Space Distance
The milestone: Psyche’s infrared laser message from a record deep-space distance In December 2024, NASA confirmed a historic achievement for space communications: the Psyche spacecraft successfully transmitted an infrared laser message back to Earth from roughly 494 million kilometers (about 307 million miles) away. The transmission marks a new benchmark in deep-space data links and…