53.7 lightyears.
Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away and still sending signals.
On “The Expanse” they called this the ‘tight beam.’
“”””The test data was transmitted about 40 times farther than the distance between the moon and the earth, which NASA says is about 238,900 miles. The SpaceX Starship, for context, traveled around 93 miles into space last week.””””
This seems to be a petty jab by FOX at Elon regarding the SpaceX Starship
“Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California”
The tour of this facility is highly recommended!
Interesting article, informative thread. Thanks for posting.
Some kid’s cat toy reflecting off of orbiting space trash.
what’s the beam propagation at that distance???
Earth Just Received Laser-Beamed Cat Video From 19 Million Miles Away
https://www.iflscience.com/earth-just-received-laser-beamed-cat-video-from-19-million-miles-away-72077