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UK to launch laser communications satellite prototype

North East Space Skills and Technology Centre (NESST) at Northumbria University

An initial artist’s impression of the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre (NESST) at Northumbria University (image: Northumbria University)

The UK is joining companies and space agencies around the globe developing optical systems to connect the growing number of small satellites in low Earth orbit

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