
| Two of the maneuvers that could be enabled by transferring momentum through laser interlinks. In one, two satellites moving in parallel to one another use laser light to change to a divergent trajectory. In another, two satellites that are approaching one another use laser light to effectively bounce off one another without colliding. Credit: Christopher Limbach, Photonic Sensing and Flow Interaction Laboratory, University of Michigan. |
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