The CubeSat laser infrared crosslinK mission (CLICK)

K Cahoy, P Grenfell, A Crews, M Long… - … on Space Optics …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK mission is a joint Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), University of Florida (UF), and NASA Ames Research Center effort to …

Optical communications downlink from a low-earth orbiting 1.5 U CubeSat

TS Rose, DW Rowen, SD LaLumondiere, NI Werner… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this article, we present the first demonstration of an optical communications downlink from
a low-earth orbiting free-flying CubeSat. Two 1.5 U vehicles, AC7-B&C, built under NASA's …

An update on the CCSDS optical communications working group interoperability standards

BL Edwards, R Daddato, KJ Schulz… - … on Space Optical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
International space agencies around the world are working together in the Interagency
Operation Advisory Group (IOAG) and the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems …

Optomechanical design and analysis for nanosatellite laser communications

L Yenchesky, O Cierny, P Grenfell, W Kammerer… - 2019 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
Abstract The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) mission is a technology
demonstration of a 1.5 U laser communications terminal for an intersatellite link. The …

Fundamentally secure data with the help of quantum key distribution on CubeSats

R Haber, J Scharnagel, K Schilling… - … Congress, IAC 2019, 2019 - elib.dlr.de
With the uprise of worldwide satellite communication networks, data security is a critical
issue. This issue is being addressed in the QUBE project, which proposes a CubeSat for …