The DSOC experiment, launched in 2023 aboard the Psyche spacecraft, was designed to test next-generation laser communications in space. Pushing the Boundaries of Optical Space CommunicationIn December 2024, Psyche successfully transmitted a laser message from 494 million kilometers (307 million miles)—more than twice the average Earth-Mars distance. Communicating at the speed of light ✨Recently our Deep Space Optical Communications technology sent a laser signal containing valuable data to Earth from 218 million miles away! This calls for highly sensitive ground receivers, such as those used at NASA‘s Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory. Now that the demonstration phase has ended, the Psyche spacecraft will rely on traditional radio communications for the rest of its mission.