DocumentCode
3374311
Title
Future planetary optical access links
Author
Biswas, Abhijit ; Kovalik, Joseph ; Regehr, Martin W.
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
11-13 May 2011
Firstpage
384
Lastpage
388
Abstract
Optical planetary access links to return information from surface assets on Mars to orbiting spacecraft for subsequent relay back to Earth will be discussed. The capabilities that can be realized using such links will be presented for a presumed concept of operations at Mars. Autonomous acquisition and tracking using low-complexity optical terminals will also be discussed.
Keywords
optical links; planetary rovers; space vehicles; Mars rover; autonomous acquisition; autonomous tracking; low-complexity optical terminals; orbiter high-rate links; orbiting spacecraft; planetary optical access links; Laser beams; Mars; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical receivers; Transceivers; Mars Network; optical planetary acces; proximity links;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Santa Monica, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9686-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSOS.2011.5783702
Filename
5783702
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