[GistNoesis]

Or use lasers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCQ2CbfGs6g&t=440s

[ssernikk]

Lasers in space are fun! We[1] are actually doing this for real but automated and inversed -- launching a satellite with a laser to beam data down to Earth. Like these searchlights, but from orbit!

[1] A bunch of students at https://satlab.agh.edu.pl