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For small spacecraft to operate around planets far from the sun, they need an alternative energy source. We consider the possibility of using a laser to not only transmit power to a small spacecraft from a nearby mothership, but to also be used for communication and control of how the small spacecraft points.

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This page is a summary of: Supporting Uranus Exploration with Deployable Small Spacecraft Probes, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, August 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/1.a35436.
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