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NASA's Psyche Spacecraft, Optical Comms Demo En Route to Asteroid

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Friday, October 13, 2023
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"Congratulations to the Psyche team on a successful launch, the first journey to a metal-rich asteroid," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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  • "Congratulations to the Psyche team on a successful launch, the first journey to a metal-rich asteroid," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
  • By August 2029, the spacecraft will begin to orbit the 173-mile-wide (279-kilometer-wide) asteroid – the only metal-class asteroid ever to be explored.
  • "Now the real fun begins as we race toward asteroid Psyche to unlock the secrets of how planets form and evolve."
  • While the transceiver is hosted by Psyche, the tech demo will not relay Psyche mission data.

NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for Laser Communications Demonstration

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is taking a step toward the next era of space communications with the launch of its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) on Sunday, Dec. 5.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is taking a step toward the next era of space communications with the launch of its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) on Sunday, Dec. 5.
  • Live coverage of the launch is scheduled to air on NASA Television, the agency's website , and the NASA App beginning at 3:30 a.m. EST.
  • STP-3 will launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape CanaveralSpaceForce Station in Florida.
  • Take an inside look into the development of LCRD with a laser communications show from NASA EDGE.