Nasa’s psyche spacecraft sets new record in space communications by transmitting data from over 140 million miles
NEW DELHI: Nasa’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration, aboard the Psyche spacecraft, successfully transmitted a copy of engineering data from a distance of over 140 million miles (226 million kilometers), which is 1½ times the distance between Earth and the Sun, after interfacing with Psyche’s radio frequency transmitter.Although the spacecraft doesn’t rely on … Read more
