NASA Reveals Earth Received Laser Message
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Earth has received a mysterious signal from deep space, American space agency NASA has revealed
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The signal, which originated approximately 140 million miles away, came from NASA's new spacecraft, "Psyche"
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Psyche is equipped with the Deep Space Optical Communications system, which makes laser communication possible across vast distances in space
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The laser communications demo successfully transmitted engineering data from over 140 million miles away
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NASA scientists explained that they downlinked about 10 minutes of duplicated spacecraft data during a pass on April 8
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This duplicated data was transmitted via laser communications using standard radio-frequency communications channels on NASA's Deep Space Network
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During a test on April 8, the spacecraft successfully transmitted test data at a maximum rate of 25 Mbps
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The data exceeded the project's goal of proving at least 1 Mbps was achievable at that distance
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Psyche is reportedly stable and healthy as it makes its way towards the Psyche 16 asteroid between Mars and Jupiter
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