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Lasers in Space: Earth Mission Tests New Technology
Description: Imagine standing on the roof of a building in Los Angeles and trying to point a laser so accurately that you could hit a particular building in San Diego, more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. This accuracy is required for the feat that a novel technology demonstration aboard the soon-to-launch Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission will aim to achieve. For the first time, a promising technique called laser ranging interferometry will be tested between two satellites. [Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]
URL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2018-093&rn=news.xml&rst=7116%20
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Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Publish Date: 5/8/2018
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