• 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