High data rate optical down-link concept for LEO satellites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4395, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 214-223

  Wheel, Peter J ^a   Langford, Chris ^a   Abrams, Mark ^a  

^a ITT Industries A/CD   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Data transmission; Free space laser communication; Optical down link; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL SENSORS; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSMITTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FREE SPACE LASER COMMUNICATION; LASER TRANSMITTERS; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0035183532     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.438288     Document Type: Article

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4. Ground support equipment for testing of ATP payloads