Abstract Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
for aerospace applications have brought about new opportunities for the fast-growing …

This chapter is an introduction to the near-Earth laser communication technology. By near-
Earth, we mean high-altitude platforms and Earth-orbiting satellites. Justification for high …

Recent developments in Distributed Satellite Systems (DSS) have undoubtedly increased
mission value due to the ability to reconfigure the spacecraft cluster/formation and …

Space-to-ground optical communication systems can benefit from reducing the size, weight,
and power profiles of space terminals. One way of reducing the required power-aperture …

With the exponentially increased demands for large bandwidth, it is important to think about
the best network platform as well as the security and privacy of the information in …

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging can visualize a remote object out of the direct line of sight
and can potentially be used in endoscopy, unmanned vehicles, and robotic vision. In an …

The nanosatellite optical downlink experiment (NODE) implements a free-space optical
communications (lasercom) capability on a CubeSat platform that can support low earth orbit …

Small satellites, particularly CubeSats, have become popular platforms for a wide variety of
scientific, commercial and military remote sensing applications. Inexpensive commercial o …

The multi-rate DPSK format, which enables efficient free-space laser communications over a
wide range of data rates, is finding applications in NASA's Laser Communications Relay …

We describe a flexible high-sensitivity laser communication transceiver design that can
significantly benefit performance and cost of NASA's satellite-based Laser Communications …