Europe launches second EDRS space laser satellite
The system will now comprise two nodes in the sky - with a third to follow before 2025It will use optical beams to pull pictures and data from other spacecraft and then speed that information to the ground.
The capability has particular relevance in the realm of natural disasters, such as major floods or big earthquakes. "The launch of EDRS-C brings additional capacity to the network, obviously, but it also provides redundancy, a back-up, which you need in an operational system." In time, this is going to put significant constraints on applications that include TV broadcasting and the services carrying the messages of connected devices .
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