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New Quantum Optical Ground Station allows Canberra to play starring role in space communications
New Quantum Optical Ground Station allows Canberra to play starring role in space communications
www.abc.net.au A 'world-first' telescope allowing Australia to play a starring role in space communications
A newly installed telescope just outside Canberra is promising big benefits for those exploring outer space, offering high-speed communications from satellites with low-Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond.
A new telescope at Mount Stromlo will give researchers thousands of times more information.
The Quantum Optical Ground Station, where the telescope is housed, can provide high-quality video transmissions from space.
Professor Anna Moore of the ANU says it's a world-first in terms of global communication capability.