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Satellite laser ranging technique reveals 90 mm sea-level surge over past 30 years

The rise in global mean sea level (GMSL) is a critical indicator of climate change. Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) researchers have utilized advanced space geodetic technologies to deliver ...
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Successful ground-to-satellite laser communications applying next-generation error correction codes, mitigating atmospheric turbulence

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki Ph.D.) and the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech, President: OBATA Makoto), collaborated with ...
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China’s 2-Watt Laser Satellite Surpasses Starlink Speeds from Orbit

Could a laser no more powerful than a household nightlight create the future of satellite communications? From 36,000 kilometers above Earth, a Chinese geostationary satellite pulled off a feat that ...
Science Daily

Laser satellites expose a secret Antarctic carbon burst

A new study shows that the Southern Ocean releases far more carbon dioxide in winter than once thought. By combining laser satellite data with AI analysis, scientists managed to “see” through the ...

Rocket Lab Completes Mynaric Acquisition, Adding Laser Optical Communications To Growing Space Systems Portfolio

Rocket Lab now plans to scale Mynaric production capacity, making industry-leading satellite laser communication technology ...
Optics

Satellite laser ranging technique reveals accelerated sea-level rise

The rise in global mean sea level (GMSL) is a critical indicator of climate change. Addressing this issue, researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have utilized advanced space geodetic ...
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LightGrid Is the Laser Satellite Network That Will Keep the Moon From Going Dark

All the efforts humanity is currently undertaking to prepare our expansion to the lunar surface will be in vain if a proper lunar power network is not established. A tricky proposition, given the ...
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Rocket Lab Acquires Mynaric, Expands Role in SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

Mynaric is already embedded in SDA programs as a subcontractor and supplier of optical communications terminals.
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Laser links to bolster the next generation of satellite mega-constellations

Large-scale satellite constellations, such as Starlink and Kuiper, exchange information at incredible speed through new laser-interlink technologies, but each satellite is an island in terms of power ...
Aviation Week

EOS Works Toward Anti-Satellite Laser Demo

EOS' counter-space laser system draws on its 150 kW-class laser technology. Credit: EOS LONDON—Electro Optic Systems (EOS) is looking to demonstrate a new high-power laser system capable of burning ...
Advanced Television

Safran Space links laser direct to satellite

The use of optical lasers between orbiting satellites are commonplace. Less common is using lasers from Earth to satellites. Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) says it has a solution. An installation in ...