To overcome data rate limitations of RF communication links with satellites, TNO and DLR
envision optical free-space communication feeder links for next generation high throughput …

OPTIMAL LOCATION OF OPTICAL GROUND STATIONS TO SERVE LEO SPACECRAFT
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Optical communications are a key technology enabler to return increasing amounts of data
from space exploration platforms such as robotic spacecraft in Earth orbit or across the solar …

Small satellite technical capabilities continue to grow and launch opportunities are rapidly
expanding. Several commercial constellations of small satellites for Earth observation and …

The availability of satellite communication systems is extremely limited by atmospheric
impairments, such as rain (for radio frequencies) and cloud coverage (for optical …

The increase of data-rates that are provided by free-space optical (FSO) communications is
essential in our data-driven society. When used in satellite and interplanetary networks …

Optical satellite communications have continually gained attention throughout previous
years. Optical downlinks to transmit data from Earth observation satellites to ground may be …

Among the most common issues to be faced in optical satellite communications, weather
conditions play a fundamental role for a correct transmission of the information. In the case …

Free space optical communications are becoming a mature technology to cope with the
needs of high data rate payloads for future low‐earth orbiting observation satellites …

In this paper, a methodology for the generation of cloud coverage time series correlated on
both temporal and spatial domains and the estimation of cloud‐free line‐of‐sight (CFLOS) …