https://spacewatch.global/tag/michael-steindorfer/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 13 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/michael-steindorfer/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/first-laser-detection-of-space-debris-in-daylight/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25062&preview=true&preview_id=25062 For some time, lasers could only be used to measure the distance to space debris during the few twilight hours in which the ‘laser ranging’ station on Earth is in darkness, but debris objects high above are still bathing in the last of the Sun’s rays.]]>