Japanese space lasers aim to clean up orbital junk 2024-01-31[theregister.co.uk] Zap it and trap it like a cosmic Marie Kondo, but will everyone approve?
A Japanese biz wants to remove debris from Earth orbit by using a satellite-mounted laser to decelerate an object such as a defunct satellite so it gradually descends towards the atmosphere and burns up. Részletek >
Japanese space lasers plan to show aims to clean up orbital junk 2024-01-31[theregister.co.uk] Zap it and trap it like a cosmic Marie Kondo, but will everyone approve?
A Japanese company wants to remove debris from Earth orbit by using a satellite-mounted laser to decelerate an object such as a defunct satellite so it gradually descends towards the atmosphere and burns up. Részletek >
NASA to equip International Space Station with frikkin lasers (for comms) 2023-10-26[theregister.co.uk] Why, what did you think they were for?
US space agency NASA plans to run a technology demonstration for space lasers using the International Space Station next month, to test how this could be used to transmit terabytes of data back from science and exploration missions. Részletek >