Telescope Material Selection
Due to various environmental parameters such as the fluctuating solar loading, the materials used to construct the telescope equipped aboard satellites…
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Choice of wavelength affects both the link performance and the detector sensitivity. As tradeoffs exist between the antenna gain (better at…
Read MoreH3 Aerospace
Overview Founded in 2007 and located in Tussenhausen, Germany, H3 Aerospace GmbH & Co. KG is a conglomerate of 11 different…
Read MoreThe National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
The National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) is the French government space agency similar to NASA, JAXA, and DLR. It is…
Read MoreLow Earth Orbit (LEO)
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is the region of space surrounding Earth at distance less than 2,000 km, typically between 400 to 900 km.…
Read MoreAperture Averaging
Aperture averaging is a technique used to mitigate the effect of atmospheric turbulence by increasing the size of the receiver aperture. Increasing the…
Read MoreQuality of Service Fairness
Quality of Service (QoS) fairness is a technique which improves the fairness of multiple virtual path flows by classifying each path into one…
Read MoreLow-Receive Footprint
The “signal footprint” of a transmission refers to how much a signal diverges from transmitter to receiver. For example, when an…
Read MoreBRIDGECOMM, Inc.
BRIDGECOMM, INC. (previously known as BridgeSat) is an American company specializing in optical wireless communications applications. Their goal is to create…
Read MoreThe Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)
Overview The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) is a multinational forum formed in 1982 to discuss common problems in the development and creation of…
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