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

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

Launch opportunities for small satellites are rapidly growing and their technical capabilities
are improving. Several commercial constellations of small satellites for Earth imaging and …

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has
successfully conducted several laser communication experiments between geostationary …

With NASA funding, the Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC) Project at JPL is
planning a system level technology demonstration of optical communications from deep …

We report on engineering trades that led to the conceptual design of a laser communications
terminal for a spacecraft orbiting Mars. The flight terminal, the ground receiver and the …

I. Introduction ver the next 50 years, the average downlink data rate from deep space
missions will increase by an order of magnitude each decade1. There are many reasons for …

Several operators plan to launch mega-constellations of several hundred or even thousands
of satellites over the next years to provide global, high-speed and secure backbone …

Optical wireless communication (OWC) is an emerging area where continuous interests and
active research are growing worldwide. The reasons for this are the tremendous future …

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