Direct‐to‐Earth transmissions with optical on/off‐keying are becoming the method of choice
to realize telemetry downlinks from low Earth orbit satellites at highest data‐rates. Here, we …

Downlink measurement campaigns from the optical downlink terminal OSIRISv1 onboard
the LEO satellite Flying Laptop were carried out with the French Observatoire de la Côte …

Fast and reliable synchronization in free-space optical (FSO) communications is a crucial
task that has received little attention so far. Since in these applications the data rate is much …

Future Earth Observation satellite data downlinks via directed laser beams are a promising
technique to overcome the data repatriation bottleneck in high resolution sensor missions. A …

International space agencies around the world are working together in the Interagency
Operation Advisory Group (IOAG) and the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems …

International space agencies around the world are currently developing optical
communication systems for Near Earth and Deep Space applications for both robotic and …

The Nanosatellite and its component CubeSat platforms, with their technical functionality,
are an important part of the space sector's scientific, commercial, and military application. It …

Free space optics (FSO) is a wireless optical communication technology enabling extremely
high data transmission rates, which can be used for a wide range of emerging applications …

The microwave spectrum has become a highly limited resource in satellite communications
owing to an ever increasing demand for bandwidth and capacity. Therefore, a shift to the …

As Optical Low Earth Orbit Downlinks (OLEODL) serve for sensor data download from earth
observation satellites, their link scenario is strongly asymmetric, since the data flow is mostly …