• DocumentCode
    2341786
  • Title

    Turning Palomar into a deep-space optical receiver

  • Author

    Chen, Chien-Chung ; Biswas, Abhijit ; Roberts, William T. ; Britcliffe, Michael J.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-27 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    11
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    The approach for adapting the 200-inch Hale telescope, located at Mt. Palomar, CA to support a deep space optical communications project is outlined. Considerations include protecting the telescope for daytime operations and limiting the amount of background detected by the receiver.
  • Keywords
    optical receivers; space communication links; telescopes; Hale telescope; Mt. Palomar, CA; deep space optical communications project; deep-space optical receiver; Mars; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Protection; Space vehicles; Sun; Telescopes; Turning;
  • 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.2005.1527968
  • Filename
    1527968
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2341786