NASA MEDIA TELECON ON DEEP SPACE OPTICAL COMM DEMO ON PSYCHE, Sept 20, 2023, virtual, 1:00 pm ET

NASA will hold a media telecon on September 20, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration that will fly as part of the Psyche asteroid mission, launching on October 5, 2023.

The briefing will be livestreamed on NASA Live.

Participants are:

• Jeff Volosin, acting deputy associate administrator and program manager for Space Communications and Navigation, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Tawnya Laughinghouse, program manager for Technology Demonstration Missions, Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Abi Biswas, DSOC project technologist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California
• Meera Srinivasan, DSOC ground system product delivery manager and operations lead, NASA JPL