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Boeing, AFRL laser enhancing space situational awareness

Submit on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 22:57

A sodium guide star laser built by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) began operating recently on a telescope at Kirtland Air Force Base, greatly increasing the ability of AFRL scientists to acquire detailed images of objects in Earth orbit, Boeing said.
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