NASA Beams High-Definition Cat Video from Deep Space
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NASA has successfully transmitted a 15-second video of an orange tabby cat named Taters chasing a red laser light from deep space using laser communication. The video was sent from NASA's Psyche spacecraft, located 19 million miles away, and reached Earth in less than two minutes at a rate of 267 megabits per second. This demonstration aims to improve communication from deep space and could potentially transmit data at rates up to 100 times greater than current radio systems used by spacecraft.
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- NASA transmits cat video by laser from deep space The Associated Press
- NASA Streams Cat Video From Deep, Deep Space The New York Times
- Taters the cat stars in NASA's first video streamed from deep space The Washington Post
- Watch: NASA just beamed a cat video from space back to Earth nearly 19 million miles away CNN
- NASA streams first-ever high-definition video from deep space FOX 5 San Diego
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