The lasers possess a high potential for space technology application. The article substantiates the main requirements as well as suggests approaches to the construction of spaceborne lasers for location and lidar applications, energy transfer, space debris removal from near-earth orbits, and acceleration of space vehicles. The achievements in the field of high brightness solidstate lasers based on the phase conjugation effect are demonstrated, and the feasibility of their application in space technology is substantiated.
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