The large-scale Laser Ranging and Metrology Test Facility (LRMT) at the DLR-Institute of Quantum Technologies provides the necessary infrastructure for the verification of high-resolution laser ...

Although laser communication in space is far from novel, its wide-scale deployment as seen with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation has brought the technology to the forefront ...

A laser beam in outer space that sends ... said it is developing a satellite that can shoot down space junk ranging from old, abandoned satellites to rocket parts still orbiting the Earth.