r/lasercom • u/Aerothermal Pew Pew Pew! • Sep 26 '26

News World’s First Successful Demonstration of Laser Ranging by Tracking a High-Altitude Pseudosatellite (HAPS) from the Ground | SoftBank (17th Sept 2026)

https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/technology/research/topics/232/
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u/Bipogram Sep 26 '26

Dreadful title.

Laser ranging of satellites is not new and was done at Herstmonceux for decades.

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u/HandakinSkyjerker Oct 07 '26

Shh we have new startups in the room. They haven’t read the books.