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Grant gives proposal gravity

A PROPOSAL theorising the clean up of space junk, by a researcher at ANU, will experience gravity thanks to the Australian Research Council (ARC). 

Researcher at the ANU granted money to clean up space junk.

Associate professor Celine d’Orgeville, from the ANU Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) at Mount Stromlo, was one of 91 researchers awarded money to help bring ideas into practice. 

Celine was awarded a $502,000 LIEF grant and will build a new laser system for the first Australian laser guide star with the money.

The laser guide star system will be crucial for civil and defence telescopes such as the new “Giant Magellan Telescope” under construction in Chile, and will also be used to track debris in space.

Celine says: “The ground-based telescopes used to study the universe, image satellites or track space debris all require laser guide star adaptive optics to defeat the blurring caused by atmospheric turbulence.

“The semiconductor guide star laser is a key component of these systems, and the AITC will now be in a position to provide a complete solution to the problem.”

A list of successful projects is available via arc.gov.au

 

 

 

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