The laser station (BORL) owned by the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences and situated at the Astrogeodynamic Observatory in Borowiec near Poznań regularly observes more than 100 ...different objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO). The BORL sensor’s laser observation range is from 400 km to 24,500 km. The laser measurements taken by the BORL sensor are utilized to create various products, including the geocentric positions and movements of ground stations, satellite orbits, the components of the Earth’s gravitational field and their changes over time, Earth’s orientation parameters (EOPs), and the validation of the precise Galileo orbits derived using microwave measurements, among others. These products are essential for supporting local and global geodetic and geophysics research related to time. They are crucial for the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF), which is managed by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). In 2023, the BORL laser station expanded its list of tracked objects to include all satellites of the European satellite navigation system GALILEO, totaling 28 satellites. During that year, the BORL laser station recorded 77 successful passes of GALILEO satellites, covering a total of 21 objects. The measurements taken allowed for the registration of 7419 returns, resulting in 342 normal points. The average RMS for all successful GALILEO observations in 2023 was 13.5 mm.
Grad Borl je od leta 2010 v celoti zaprt in nedostopen za javnost. V dogovoru z lastnikom (državo) so se kasneje tukaj občasno še odvijali različni dogodki (koncerti, prireditve), ki so bili ...umeščeni na ploščad pred gradom.
Naslovnica monografije Grad Borl, ki jo je leta 2010 izdalo Društvo za oživitev gradu Borl. Knjiga je polnem besedilu dostopna v Digitalni knjižnici Slovenije.
Bazen na Borlu je nehal delovati ob koncu 70-ih let 20. stoletja. Njegovi ostanki so vrsto kazili okolico gradu, leta 2021 pa so v okviru delne obnove gradu ostanke bazena odstranili in na tem ...mestu uredili mokrišče oziroma mlako s trstičjem in močvirnimi rastlinami.
