mac to Tech@programming.dev • 2 months agoNASA uses laser link to beam data 140 million miles across space at 25 Mbpswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
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minus-square@Mango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-2•2 months agoIt’s definitely not 140m miles away after just a year.
minus-square@iegod@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•2 months agoActually, it is! Space motion isn’t straightforward. Here’s another article that has a diagram indicating the relative positions. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles
minus-square@Mango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 months agoOh wow thanks! I did not have the perspective for the distance. I figured that was Voyager 1 kind of numbers.
minus-square@JoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•2 months agoVoyager 1 is in the neighborhood of 15b miles from earth!
It’s definitely not 140m miles away after just a year.
Actually, it is! Space motion isn’t straightforward. Here’s another article that has a diagram indicating the relative positions.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles
Oh wow thanks! I did not have the perspective for the distance. I figured that was Voyager 1 kind of numbers.
Voyager 1 is in the neighborhood of 15b miles from earth!
Hot damn