✅Gs-3 : Science and technology- Space communication
📍Context : Psyche Spacecraft Experiment: NASA's spacecraft successfully tested a laser signal to Earth over 16 million km.
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➡️Data Transmission in Space:
⚜️Current Method: Mostly via radio waves with longer wavelengths and lower frequencies.
⚜️Challenge: Radio waves are susceptible to interference and offer limited data bandwidth.
⚠️Significance : Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)-Uses near-infrared laser signals for higher bandwidth communication.
🅾️Advantage: At least 10 times more data transfer than current radio systems; less interference.
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