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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 (OCTL) at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California, beams its eight-laser beacon (at a total power of 1.4 kilowatts) to the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) flight laser transceiver aboard NASA's Psyche spacecraft. The photo was taken on June 2, 2025, when Psyche was about 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) from Earth.
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Credit lineTable Mountain Facility Sends DSOC Laser Beacon to NASA's Psyche (Infrared Image). NASA/JPL, 2025-09-18. Public domain. ID: PIA26661.
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