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ESA’s Optical Ground Station
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ESA’s Optical Ground Station

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The telescope at ESA’s Optical Ground Station on Tenerife, Spain, is used to search for asteroids and confirm the orbits of newly discovered objects. It also houses the Lunar Lasercom Optical Ground System.

  • ESA/D. Lopez
  • Operations
  • SSA SSA ESTRACK
  • Spain Canaries
Control room at ESA's Optical Ground Station, Tenerife
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ESA Optical Ground Station

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Green laser shooting at the Moon
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ESA OGS Laser Test

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Socialspace optics

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Test lab at RUAG, Zurich
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Testing laser optics

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ISS bathed in green

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