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GEDI space lasers

The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

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Is the LifeSpan of the Mission Extendable?

The lazers themselves are working beautifully and should be good for up to ten years. The plan right now is to take it off of the i s s and just let it burn up in like the saddest odigital funeral ever. So we will go at least until january 20 23. But we're really, really hoping that we'll be ableto stay on orbit for longer. Cause, you know, theoretically, we could get ten years of amazing data out of these lazers.

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