Acquisition and tracking strategies of the OPTEL 25 GEO terminal

Author

Kudielka, K. ; Märki, A. ; Baister, G.C. ; Haupt, Ch

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

395

Abstract

Contraves Space is developing the OPTEL family of laser communication terminals for satellite communications. Near term market opportunities have identified the OPTEL 25 GEO terminal as the first member of the OPTEL family for commercial applications. These applications are for medium-range crosslink applications between geostationary telecommunication satellites having transparent payloads. With the OPTEL 25 GEO, an analog passband of nominally 500 MHz - usually comprising several transponder channels - can be transmitted across a distance of typically 25,000 km.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical links; optical tracking; satellite links; transponders; 25000 km; 500 MHz; OPTEL 25 GEO terminal; acquisition strategy; analog passband; commercial applications; geostationary telecommunication satellites; laser communication terminals; medium-range crosslink applications; near term market opportunities; satellite communications; tracking strategy; transparent payloads; transponder channels; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Local oscillators; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159345

Filename

1159345