JPL stream cat videos from deep space
@ 2023/12/20It's what Jack Parsons would have wanted
JPL has tested its Deep Space Optical Communications network by live streaming an HD cat video from 19 million miles away.
The [15-second test] video signal took 101 seconds to reach Earth, sent at the system's maximum bit rate of 267 megabits per second (Mbps).
Uploaded before launch, the short ultra-high definition video features an orange tabby cat named Taters, the pet of a JPL employee, chasing a laser pointer, with overlayed graphics.
JPL has tested its Deep Space Optical Communications network by live streaming an HD cat video from 19 million miles away.
The [15-second test] video signal took 101 seconds to reach Earth, sent at the system's maximum bit rate of 267 megabits per second (Mbps).
Uploaded before launch, the short ultra-high definition video features an orange tabby cat named Taters, the pet of a JPL employee, chasing a laser pointer, with overlayed graphics.