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It was first fired from NASA's Psyche spacecraft and then sent back to the Hale Telescope at Caltech's Palomar Observatory in San Diego County...
Trudy Kortes, NASAs Director of Technology Demonstrations told Fox News, "Achieving first light is one of many critical DSOC milestones in the coming months, paving the way toward higher-data-rate communications capable of sending scientific information, high-definition imagery, and streaming video in support of humanitys next giant leap: sending humans to Mars."..
The experiment aims to demonstrate data transmission rates 10 to 100 times greater than the state-of-the-art radio frequency systems used by spacecraft today.. 'May help robotic exploration missions'..
It also said that though both radio and near-infrared laser communications utilize electromagnetic waves to transmit data, near-infrared light packs the data into significantly tighter waves, enabling ground stations to receive more data...
The NASA experiment could pave the way toward higher-data-rate communications capable of sending scientific information, high-definition imagery, and streaming video in support of humanitys next giant leap: sending humans to Mars...
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