Photonics Focus Magazine Vol. 3 Issue 3

May/June 2022 | Vol. 3 | Issue 3
Space-Based Astronomy

In this issue of Photonics Focus, we look at space-based astronomy missions, from short-term cubesats—which can be designed, built, and launched within a couple of years—to the GRACE satellite series, which has allowed astronomers to observe surface mass changes to Earth’s polar ice and water for decades. The longest-term mission described is STROBE-X, an X-ray astronomy mission that is at the same stage of development as the James Webb Space Telescope was in 1996.

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A pair of laser-locked, Earth-orbiting satellites are tracking Greenland’s ice sheet
The grace to tackle climate change
Toaster-sized cubesats are filling a niche in the search for Earth-sized exoplanets
Small satellites, big dreams
Mid-size space telescope would take a new view of neutron stars and black holes
Striving to see the high-energy sky with STROBE-X
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