In orbit test result of an operational optical intersatellite link between ARTEMIS and SPOT4, SILEX

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4635, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-15

  Tolker Nielsen, Toni ^a   Oppenhaeuser, Gotthard ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquisition; ARTEMIS; Data relay; Free space optical communication; In orbit test; Intersatellite links; Laser; Pointing; SILEX; SPOT4; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; ORBITS; POSITION CONTROL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS;

FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATION SATELLITE; OPTICAL GROUND STATION; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERSATELLITE LINK EXPERIMENT;

SATELLITE LINKS;

EID: 0036049617     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.464105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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