• DocumentCode
    331311
  • Title

    Experimental operations for STRV-2 satellite lasercom terminal

  • Author

    Stieger, Ron ; Schuster, John ; Adhikari, Prasanna ; Hakakha, Hare1 ; Riley, Brian ; Koontz, Joe ; Lath, Arunabh ; Moursund, Carter ; Barclay, Micah ; Korevaar, Eric

  • Author_Institution
    Astro Terra Corp., San Diego, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    20-24 Sep 1998
  • Firstpage
    667
  • Abstract
    Laser communications hardware built under funding from BMDO will be flown on the Space Technology Research Vehicle 2 (STRV-2), scheduled for launch in December, 1998. This paper describes the operational scenarios for satellite-to-ground lasercom experiments
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; laser beam applications; satellite links; BMDO; STRV-2 satellite lasercom terminal; Space Technology Research Vehicle 2; operational scenarios; satellite-to-ground lasercom experiments; Artificial satellites; Bandwidth; Charge coupled devices; Filters; Hardware; Laser modes; Mirrors; Semiconductor lasers; Space technology; Telescopes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Madrid
  • Print_ISBN
    84-89900-14-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.1998.732770
  • Filename
    732770