NASA's next generation≥ 100 Gbps optical communications relay

EA Park, D Cornwell, D Israel - 2019 IEEE Aerospace …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… directly to the ground or, if that ground station cannot be … optical communications relay
or direct to Earth to an optical … into the system design of the next generation network. Using …

Optical inter satellite links for broadband networks

M Motzigemba, H Zech, P Biller - 2019 9th International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
optical communication systems will occur and thus offer high … to a Ka-band ground station.
The main advantages of the data … Direct to earth (DTE) applications are referring to the direct

Latest developments in the field of optical communications for small satellites and beyond

DR Kolev, A Carrasco-Casado, PV Trinh… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
ground station for the experiments with our High-speed … starting with the world’s first
space-to-ground downlink experiment … an optical communication architecture for direct downlinks …

Analytical channel model and link design optimization for ground-to-HAP free-space optical communications

H Safi, A Dargahi, J Cheng, M Safari - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
… bi-directional optical communications between Earth and … 2 where a ground station transmits
optical signals towards an … angle between two straight lines from the ground transmitter to …

Near-earth laser communications

H Hemmati - Near-Earth Laser Communications, Second Edition, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
… -optics-equipped optical communications ground station in … coherent communications (4a)
and laser transmitters for direct-… the earlier optical communication demonstrator designs were …

Site diversity in downlink optical satellite networks through ground station selection

E Erdogan, I Altunbas, GK Kurt, M Bellemare… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… here a downlink optical SatCom where a low Earth orbit (LEO… • The zenith angle has a direct
impact on the design of downlink … -to-ground downlink optical communications with spatial …

Optical technologies for very high throughput satellite communications

RM Calvo, J Poliak, J Surof, A Reeves… - … Communications …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Ground infrastructure based on optical fiber communications provides connectivity to the high
density populated areas of the world richest … Moreover, higher scintillation index has direct

Ground station for terabyte infrared delivery (tbird)

S Piazzolla, WT Roberts, J Kovalik… - … Communications …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
terminal was launched into a heliosynchrronous low earth … The fiber coupling assembly uses
a beamsplitter to direct … space-to-ground optical communications with a GEO satellite while …

Optical inter-satellite link terminals for next generation satellite constellations

C Carrizo, M Knapek, J Horwath… - … Communications …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
… to the estimated half of the world's population still without internet. … number of required ground
station gateways while allowing … terminal launched into orbit has a direct impact on the cost

Optical communications systems for NASA's human space flight missions

A Seas, B Robinson, T Shih, F Khatri… - … on Space Optics …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
… It is designed to demonstrate high-bandwidth, bidirectional … between Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
and a ground station via a … direct-to-Earth return rates of up to 80-250 Mbps and forward …