Monthly Archives: August 2020

Lasers on Earth can now detect space travel in daylight

A visible green laser shone from ESA’s Optical Ground Station (OGS). Part of Teide Observatory, the OGS, 2400 m above sea level on the volcanic island of Tenerife, is used for the development of optical communication systems for space, such as space debris and research for near-Earth objects and quantum …

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Beirut blast damage mapped by NASA using satellite data

NASA has used satellite data to cause the devastation caused by the deadly explosion that shook Beirut last week. Modified data from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel satellites were used to produce the map. The data were analyzed by scientists at NASA’s Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team …

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