The aim of NASA to revolutionize its deep space communication hit a new groundbreaking achievement. The latest update concerning the so-called Deep Space Optical Communications system from NASA is on the good side. The recent test went successfully in communicating with a spacecraft on its mission. The idea is to refresh the communication method in space that previously relied on radio wave technology.
Successful Contact with
Psyche Spacecraft
It is great news
concerning communication in space for
future missions. The successful test involved the Psyche spacecraft on its
mission to study an asteroid in space. The spacecraft aims to reach and study a
unique metal asteroid orbiting right between Jupiter and Mars. That was the
perfect moment for NASA to test its newly developed method of communicating
with a spacecraft on an active mission in space.
The mission itself started on October 13, 2023, to study the so-called metal asteroid. NASA uses the chance while the spacecraft is out there in space to test out its DSOC system. The test of this new communication method took place on November 14, 2023. It involves laser signal firing since this deepspace communication system uses that type of signal to communicate.
Longer Distance
Communication Testing
The groundbreaking result
is there after the successful reception of the laser signal fired from the
spacecraft targeting the ground stations at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of
NASA. Since the signal was successfully received, it marks the first successful
communication with a spacecraft orbiting in space with this newly developed
laser signal-based communication system. Of course, the system has been
previously tested at a closer distance. Either in the Earth’s orbit or the
moon’s distance the tests are all successful.
Better Space
Communication in The Future
With successful
communication over a longer distance than before using this new DSOC system
from NASA, it gets closer to its incorporation in future missions. It means
that in the future astronauts can rely on their communication with the ground
stations using this method instead of the old one. In other words, the course
of this deep space communication method
testing can affect the future of space communication.
More Tests to Come
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