Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now imagine that they are spread out over the entire Earth’s inhabited areas. Although still a large number, it is ...
Scientists are using laser-based tracking and gravity data to improve how we monitor both satellites and space debris. By blending these methods, they can now predict orbits more precisely and gather ...
“A network of SLR stations points a laser at a satellite with retro-reflectors ... to predict the position of satellites and space debris much better, locate them, map them with SLR and predict ...