NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications has relayed a message further away than the moon.
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (Photo: Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications Sends Laser-Beam
According to National World, a spacecraft over 10 million miles away has sent a laser beam to NASA. The American Space Agency stated that the message could transform the way we communicate.
Moreover, it was stated that the Deep Space Optical Communications or DSOC message to NASA proved the experiment to be successful as it marks the first time data has been successfully relayed through a laser from further away than the Lunar. The laser beam was also marked as a message getting relayed with rapid increase and 40 times the distance from the lunar surface.
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NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications Improved Communication With Deep Space Crafts
According to CBS, communications with NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications could improve data rates by as much as 100 times with the use of lasers instead of radio signals as the bandwidths with the use of the latter are limited resulting in slow or impossible large files being sent.
With the use of lasers, large files such as high-definition photos and videos will be possible to send or receive in near-infrared laser signals.
The first light message that was received by NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications was a breakthrough in the technology of NASA.
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