Ground-to-satellite laser communication experiments

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 10-18

  Toyoshima, Morio ^a,c   Takayama, Yoshihisa ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Kimura, Shinichi ^a   Takizawa, Kenichi ^a   Kuri, Toshiaki ^a   Klaus, Werner ^a   Toyoda, Masahiro ^a   Kunimori, Hiroo ^a   Jono, Takashi ^b   Arai, Katsuyoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; LASERS; LUNAR MISSIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; ORBITS; SPACE RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSMITTERS;

ANGULAR-VELOCITY; GROUND-TO-SATELLITE LASER COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY;

SATELLITES;

EID: 50649107528     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAES.2008.4607894     Document Type: Article

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