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…
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…