The SOAR telescope will begin science operations in 3Q 2003. From the outset,
astronomers at all US research universities will be able to use it remotely, avoiding 24+ hrs …

Space-borne optical communications - a challenging reality Page 1 WD2 (Invited) 09:OO -
09:30 SPACE-BORNE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS - A CHALLENGING REALITY Peter J …

Tohoku University is developing a 50kg-class international scientific microsatellite named
RISESAT. In addition to various scientific instruments including a 5m GSD multi-spectral …

Space-based optical communications using satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) and Geo
synchronous orbits (GEO) hold great promise for the proposed Internet in the Sky network of …

Tracking of artificial Earth satellites is typically performed with ground based radar but newer
commercial off-theshelf (COTS) optical sensors are a valuable complementary technique …

Free-space optical communications, or laser communications (lasercom), offer a compelling
alternative to conventional RF and microwave communications, providing substantially …

Laser communications can enable more efficient and higher bandwidth communications
than conventional radio frequency (RF) systems. Free-space optical communications …

Over the past decade free-space optical communication has evolved to being deployed in
operational space systems such as the European Data Relay Satellite system. Therefore, we …

Abstract The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) mission is a technology
demonstrator for a 2U inter-satellite link laser communications terminal deployed on a 6U …

Maintaining a stable and high quality laser wavefront is pivotal for efficient laser
communications in deep space networks. In this presentation, we describe the design and …