MLCD: Overview of NASA's Mars laser communications demonstration system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5338, Issue , 2004, Pages 16-28

  Boroson, D M ^a   Biswas, A ^b   Edwards, B L ^c  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL); MARS LASER COMMUNICATIONS; MARS TELECOM ORBITER (MTO); NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA);

AVIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PHOTONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROPULSION; SPACE RESEARCH;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 3543150135     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.543014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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