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Table 1.
The parameters of the ARGOS main system.
| Laser beacons per LBT side | 3 |
| Laser beacon gating height | 12 km |
| Average power per laser | 18 W |
| Laser repetition rate | 10 kHz |
| Laser beam quality M2 | < 1.2 |
Launch beam diameter at  |
300 mm |
| Wavefront sensor frame rate | 1 kHz |
| Number of sub-apertures across primary | 15 × 15 |
| Nominal range gating time | 2 μs |
| Nominal LGS photon flux on the WFS * | 5.8 × 106 m−2 s−1 |
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