This groundbreaking resource is the first book to offer you a thorough, practical treatment of
laser space communications. The book focuses on the feasibility of laser space …

Laser crosslinks can provide high data rate communications and precision time transfer and
ranging, using low size, weight, and power (SWaP) terminals to enable constellations of …

The long-awaited deployment of space-based communication systems designed to link
even the most remote and under-served regions of our planet is rapidly being pursued …

We present the status of ongoing work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to
build a prototype, low-costof-production, flexibly-configured ground terminal for space …

As NASA proceeds with plans for increased science data return and higher data transfer
capacity for science missions, both RF and optical communications are viable candidates for …

This article describes a telescope design for a 10-m optical ground station for deep-space
communications. The design for a direct-detection optical communications telescope differs …

This paper describes progress toward a space-based 51 W average power amplifier for
deep space PPM and Earth GEO links. We demonstrated a broadband WDM amplification at …

A low earth orbit (LEO) satellite laser communication (lasercom) terminal built under funding
by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization will be flown as part of the Space Technology …

Optical communication is becoming more prevalent in orbit due to the need for increased
data throughput. Nanosatellites, which are satellites that typically weigh less than 10 kg, are …

We report on engineering trades that led to the conceptual design of a laser communications
terminal for a spacecraft orbiting Mars. The flight terminal, the ground receiver and the …