Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoNASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million mileswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down110
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkNASA uses laser to send video of a cat named Taters over 19 million mileswww.cbsnews.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoBit annoying that they’re more specific about latency than bandwidth. The laser had lower latency than broadband, but I want to know if the laser had enough bandwidth to stream the video.
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months ago"The video was then downloaded and each frame was sent to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where it was played in real time. " It sounds like it. Laser comm can have some insanely high data rates due to the high frequency of the radiation.
Bit annoying that they’re more specific about latency than bandwidth. The laser had lower latency than broadband, but I want to know if the laser had enough bandwidth to stream the video.
"The video was then downloaded and each frame was sent to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where it was played in real time. "
It sounds like it. Laser comm can have some insanely high data rates due to the high frequency of the radiation.