NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comminications (DSOC) experiment is the agency’s first demonstration of optical communications beyond the Earth-Moon system. DSOC is a system that consists of a flight laser transceiver, a ground laser transmitter, and a ground laser receiver. New advanced technologies have been implemented in each of these elements.| NASA
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard launches at 10:19 EDT Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Aubrey GemignaniPsyche mission controllers on Earth have received full acquisition of signal from the spacecraft, and the solar arrays are fully deployed. The spacecraft will be propelled by solar electric propulsion. The five-panel, cross-shaped solar arrays provide around 800 square feet of solar ...| blogs.nasa.gov
