DocumentCode
2341766
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
fYear
2005
fDate
25-27 July 2005
Firstpage
9
Lastpage
10
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
ISSN
1099-4742
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8981-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1527967
Filename
1527967
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