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#NASA π July 12, 2023 #DSS23 started in π February 2021 at the Goldstone, #California, #DSN Complex (with #OpticalCommunication
capabilities, which will be critical to communicate with #astronauts π¨βππ©βπ traveling to #Mars π΄). NASA cannot use #RadioFrequency communications to carry higher data rates like those required for Mars without increasing
the size of its antennas π‘ or power of its radio transmitters. Therefore, the Agency is developing #optical communications (use
of light as a means of transmitting information through #lasers) https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-23-016.pdf#DSOC #DeepSpaceNetwork #SpaceCommunication #LaserCommunication
Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breaking_ground_on_Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lcrd_new.jpg