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BRIDGECOMM, Inc.

BRIDGECOMM, INC. (previously known as BridgeSat) is an American company specializing in optical wireless communications applications. Their goal is to create…

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The 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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Australian Optical Ground Station Network (AOGSN)

On Sept. 11 2021, the University of Western Australia finished installing the first space laser optical ground station in the Southern…

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LiDAR

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a remote sensing and measuring technique that uses a laser to measure the distance to a target and…

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Retransmission

Overview Sometimes unreliable networks can damage or lose optical packets. Retransmission is a procedure to repair damaged packets by resending them…

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Spectrum Availability

Overview Spectrum availabilty is a line-of-sight technology approach uses lasers to provide optical bandwidth connections. It’s capable of sending up to…

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BlueHalo

Overview BlueHalo’s Laser Communications Systems Division specializes in high data rate communications via optical (laser) links offering solutions providing 100 to…

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SCaN

Overview Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) is NASA’s Program Office for space communications activities. [1] SCaN has helped support over 100…

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40-Channel Optical Communication Link

Overview Researchers, led by Peter Delfyett at the University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), have demonstrated a…

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Conformal VLC Receivers with Photodetector Arrays

Overview At the University of Central Florida (UCF), Pooya Nabavi and Murat Yuksei have designed and prototyped a wide field-of-view (FOV)…

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