NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications demo sent a laser signal to Psyche from about 290 million miles away, matching the greatest Earth-Mars separation and proving deep-space optical links can survive the hardest geometry. For Lunar Ark, this is a communications breakthrough because high-rate laser links can move far more science, navigation, and health data than radio systems, improving reliability for crewed and robotic missions far beyond Earth.[1]
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NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications demo sent a laser signal to Psyche from about 290 million miles away, matching the greatest Earth-Mars separation and proving deep-space optical links can surv
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