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02 Feb 2021
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is creating the world’s largest telescope. It has selected TNO to provide a key enabling technology that will allow the telescope to produce better views of the universe than have ever been possible. In the project, TNO will collaborate with Demcon Focal as a major sub-contractor. With the help of TNO’s laser guide star launch telescope technology, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will provide insight into some of the greatest astronomical questions of our time, from the birth of stars to the search for signs of life on exoplanets in other star systems.
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28 Jan 2021
Space agencies across the globe have set their sights on the Moon and deep-space. But venturing as far as the Moon or even further, to Mars, makes it increasingly difficult to transmit the tremendous amounts of data that we collect there. With optical communication systems we can provide a compact solution that is as energy efficient as a halogen headlight. A new project may bring us closer to that desired communication system. Foto: TNO LEOCAT qualification model, an optical head for inter-satellite links. LEOCAT is a candidate for integration with the laser, modem and detector deep-space building blocks to realise a photon-efficient, deep-space OCT.
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