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Space Debris Tracking: Monitor & Protect Our Orbit

Izaña-1 In Tenerife, Spain, stands a unique duo: ESA’s Izaña-1 and Izaña-2 laser-ranging stations. Together, they form an optical technology testbed of the European Space Agency that takes the monitoring of space debris and satellites to a new level while maturing new technologies for commercialisation. Space debris is a threat to satellites and is rapidly becoming a daily concern for satellite…

Space Debris Tracking: Monitor & Protect Our Orbit

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40 years of continuity, LAGEOS still aids studies of Earth

40 years of continuity, LAGEOS still aids studies of Earth

NASA Press release video from 1975 ❝ LAGEOS – short for Laser Geodynamic Satellite – was the first NASA orbiter dedicated to the precision measurement technique called laser ranging. With it, scientists have measured the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, detected irregularities in the rotation of the planet, weighed it, and…

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