Laser CubeSats could become artificial stars to keep space telescopes focused

NASA is poised to send larger and larger telescopes into space over the next couple of decades and a team of researchers at MIT is working out how to use CubeSats to keep them fixed on target. Using lasers, the bread-loaf sized spacecraft will serve as artificial guide stars to act as points of reference and make sure the giant scopes are tracking and focusing properly.

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Category: Space

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• CubeSat
• Laser
• MIT
• Space telescope

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