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Overcoming a Fatal Flaw: Lasers on Earth Can Now Detect Space Debris in Daylight – SciTechDaily
Lasers on Earth are used to measure the position of space debris high above, providing crucial information on how to avoid in-space collisions. Until now, this technique has suffered from a fatal flaw. For some time, lasers could only be used to measure the d…
A visible green laser shone from ESA’s Optical Ground Station (OGS). Part of Teide Observatory, the OGS located 2400 m above sea level on the volcanic island of Tenerife, used for the development of optical communication systems for space as well as space debris and near-Earth orbject surveys and quantum communication experiments. Credit: IAC– Daniel López
Lasers on Earth are used to measure the position of space debris high above, providing crucial information on how to avoid in-space collisio…
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