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Timelapse of JPL’s Table Mountain Facility Beaming Laser Beacon to Psyche
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This timelapse video shows the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility transmitting its 3-kilowatt laser beacon to the agency's…

Sep 18, 2025
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DSOC’s Table Mountain Facility Uplink Laser – Infrared vs. Visible Light
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In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at JPL's Table Mountain Facility beams its laser beacon to the…

Sep 18, 2025
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Table Mountain Facility Sends DSOC Laser Beacon to NASA’s Psyche (Infrared Image)
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In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at NASA JPL's Table Mountain Facility, beams its laser beacon to…

Sep 18, 2025
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Explaining the First Ultra-HD Video Sent From Deep Space via Laser
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This image shows an annotated screenshot from the first ultra-HD video streamed from deep space via a laser. NASA's DSOC…

Dec 18, 2023
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DSOC Team Members React to the First HD Streaming Video From Deep Space
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Members of the DSOC team react to the first high-definition streaming video to be sent via laser from deep space…

Dec 18, 2023
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The DSOC Ground Laser Transmitter Team After ‘First Light’
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DSOC ground laser transmitter operators pose for a photo at the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at JPL's Table Mountain Facility…

Nov 16, 2023
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DSOC ‘First Light’ at JPL’s Psyche Mission Support Area
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The flight laser transceiver operations team for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration works in the Psyche mission…

Nov 16, 2023
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Confirmation of DSOC ‘First Light’ at JPL’s Table Mountain
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The downlink laser signal for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration is detected at the Optical Communications Telescope…

Nov 16, 2023
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DSOC’s Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector
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Shown here is an identical copy of the DSOC, superconducting nanowire single-photon detector that is coupled to the 200-inch (5.1-meter)…

Oct 4, 2023
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