Results of Ground-to-Space Optical Communications Experiments using a Low Earth Orbit Satellite

Author

Toyoshima, Morio ; Takizawa, Kenichi ; Kuri, Toshiaki ; Klaus, Werner ; Toyoda, Masahiro ; Kunimori, Hiroo ; Jono, Takashi ; Takayama, Yoshihisa ; Mokuno, Masaaki ; Arai, Katsuyoshi

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Ground-to-satellite laser communication experiments between the optical ground station developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) located in Koganei, Tokyo and a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite, the Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) called "Kirari" developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), were successfully performed in March and May, 2006. The Kirari optical communication demonstration experiments with the NICT optical ground station (KODEN) were conducted as a cooperative experiment between JAXA and NICT

Keywords

optical links; optical transmitters; satellite links; space vehicles; JAXA; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Kirari; NICT; National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite; ground-to-satellite laser communication; ground-to-space optical communication experiments; low earth orbit satellite; optical ground station; Aerospace testing; Artificial satellites; Communications technology; Frequency; Laser beams; Low earth orbit satellites; Optical communication equipment; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Satellite ground stations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2006.278846

Filename

4054065