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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santa Monica, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9686-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSOS.2011.5783702
