Title :
The Mars lasercom terminal
Author :
Scozzafava, J.J. ; Boroson, D.M. ; Bondurant, R.S. ; Pillsbury, D. ; Burnside, J.W. ; Spellmeyer, N.W. ; Ward, P.L. ; Knight, F.K. ; Stevens, M.L. ; Bold, D.R.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present the Mars lasercom terminal preliminary design that demonstrates high-rate optical communications from Mars and provide NASA with the experience necessary to develop future operational deep-space optical communication systems.
Keywords :
Mars; optical communication; space communication links; Mars lasercom terminal; NASA; deep-space optical communication systems; high-rate optical communications; Adaptive optics; Apertures; Earth; Instruments; Isolators; Mars; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Satellite ground stations; Tracking loops;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1527967
