NASA Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space Via Laser (Media Reel)

B-roll for media and public use. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment marked a historic milestone by streaming an ultra-high-definition video from deep space by laser for the first time. A 15-second video featuring a cat named Taters chasing a laser pointer was beamed to Earth by the optical, or laser, communications technology demonstration on Dec. 11, 2023, from nearly 19 million miles away (30 million kilometers, about 80 times the Earth-Moon distance). The DSOC experiment is attached to the Psyche spacecraft, which launched on Oct. 13, 2023. The technology demonstration is testing high-bandwidth optical communications as the spacecraft travels to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This video was uploaded to DSOC’s flight laser transceiver before launch. Graphics superimposed over the tabby cat illustrate several features of the experiment, such as Psyche’s orbital path, the Palomar Observatory’s telescope dome, and technical information about the laser. The video was inspired by Felix the Cat, which was the first image ever transmitted on television. This reel also includes b-roll and still images of the DSOC team’s reactions to the successful first video transmission and an animation showing how DSOC works. A division of Caltech in Pasadena, JPL manages DSOC for the Technology Demonstration Missions program within NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the Space Communications and Navigation program within the agency’s Space Operations Mission Directorate. Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission, which is managed by JPL.

What is said in the film

(inaudible) That's affirmative. (inaudible) something to do with. this. Oh, yeah, there it is right here. We got it?

We got Taters? Yeah. We got Taters. Yay! That's fantastic.

Yes, we did like one of the. You want to come check it out over here? Yes, absolutely. What's up? We have Taters.

to double click on that value here with an orange one and double zoom in the superimposed orbital. If figure out all the graphics, you do it well. And I think you're looking for a chance to get into the break and thinking that We have Taters again. All right. All right.

Sure. So your plan going to say, look this way. Hold on. We have Taters. Oh, yeah.

Hmm. We have Taters. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Look at Taters.

I know that. So it takes a specific control from between July 20th to stabilize your stock, so you get, like, the signal power right here, And it's still. There's still a lot of variation in it. If it were consistently up here, we'd be able to decode. You can see here, whenever this is kind of up near one, that means we're not getting very much data through.

And then when it kind of drops down here, that means that we're getting all the data through cleanly. So as this kind of settles and gets a little smoother. Mm hmm. We'll try to pull out the video again So here is the PCC sample. And there is, of course, the it's just been reporting to anyone who's in is that this is a much shorter time span and the longer time span.

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