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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…

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…

Retransmission

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

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…

BlueHalo

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

SCaN

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

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…

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)…

Copernicus

Overview The European Commission (EC) and the ESA are developing a large-scale program known as Copernicus to provide accurate, timely, and…

Command & Data Handling

Overview The command and data-handling system acts as the brain for the satellite, controlling all the satellite’s functions and operations. Courtesy…

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