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 …

Network capacity and reliability for free space optical communication (FSOC) is strongly
driven by ground station availability, which is dominated by local cloud cover causing an …

Space-to-ground optical data links enable higher data rates, require less electrical power,
and allow more compact system designs than their corresponding RF counterparts. They …

Optical communications are envisioned as a key technology for space communication in the
near future. This transition to optical terminals is being pushed by the higher data volume …

Optical links from a spacecraft at planetary distance to a ground-based receiver presume a
cloud free line of site (CFLOS). Future ground-based optical receiving networks, should they …

Clouds are key driver in the performance of free space optical communication (FSOC)
systems. Clouds are composed of liquid water and/or ice crystals and depending on the …

Optical satellite communications play an increasingly important role in a number of space
applications. However, if the system concept includes optical links to the surface of the Earth …

Space-to-ground optical communications are affected by the presence of cloud cover and
other atmospheric effects. Therefore it is important to specify, accurately measure, analyze …

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 …

Clouds are key driver in the performance of free space optical communication (FSOC)
systems. Clouds are composed of liquid water and/or ice crystals and depending on the …