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New guide star laser will enable tracking of space debris at lower altitudes.

The innovation involves the use of a "guide star laser" to allow high speed adaptive optics to form laser beams that can track and move space debris at lower altitudes and faster speeds than ever previously possible. Image: EOS.

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