Why space-based lasers are the future of interstellar communications
Three spacecraft fly 2.5 million kilometres apart, with the precise distance between them continually monitored through the exchange of laser beams to detect gravitational waves (Image: ESA)
Laser communications and laser sensing technologies from Astrolight and Exail are critical to new in-orbit systems used in ESA space missions
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