Design of an inertially stabilized telescope for the LLCD

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7923, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burnside, Jamie W ^a   Conrad, Stephen D ^a   Pillsbury, Allen D ^a   DeVoe, Catherine E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication terminals; Free space laser; Inertial stabilization; Laser beam steering; Laser communication; Line of sight stabilization; Optical communication; Space vehicle communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TERMINAL; FREE SPACE; INERTIAL STABILIZATION; LASER BEAM STEERING; LASER COMMUNICATION; LINE-OF-SIGHT STABILIZATION; SPACE VEHICLE COMMUNICATION;

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; BANDWIDTH; BERYLLIUM; COMMUNICATION; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; LASER BEAMS; NASA; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SENSORS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; STABILIZATION; STEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79954521435     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.878926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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