Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoLaser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles awaywww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down11
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkLaser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles awaywww.space.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareshortwavesurferlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoOkay, that’s really cool and 25 megabits per second is actually very good compared to what they get back from other probes. At speeds like that, they could send back 4k pictures, which would be extremely high resolution for craft like this.
Okay, that’s really cool and 25 megabits per second is actually very good compared to what they get back from other probes. At speeds like that, they could send back 4k pictures, which would be extremely high resolution for craft like this.