From Taters to Terabits: NASA Wraps Up Deep Space Laser Test
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| Description | NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration has successfully concluded after two years, surpassing all technical goals and paving the way for future high-speed data transmission from Mars. Flying aboard the agency’s Psyche spacecraft, DSOC proved that laser-encoded data could be transmitted and received reliably from distances over 200 million miles, achieving broadband-like speeds. From streaming an ultra-high-definition video of a cat named “Taters” across deep space to downlinking record-breaking volumes of spacecraft data, the project marked a major leap in communications technology that could benefit NASA’s human exploration efforts. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/deep-space-optical-communications-dsoc/ https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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| Date | 2025-09-18 |
| Source | images.nasa.gov |