Title :
Free-space optical communications program at JPL
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
NASA is currently building a 1-m R and D telescope laboratory at its Table Mountain Facility in southern California to answer key implementation questions of this technology. The telescope is designed with fast tracking capability and will act as a testbed for development of ground acquisition, tracking and communications strategies applicable to future operational stations
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; aerospace testing; optical links; optical tracking; space communication links; telescopes; 1 m; JPL; NASA; Table Mountain Facility; communications strategies; fast tracking capability; free-space optical communications program; ground acquisition; operational stations; southern California; testbed; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Instruments; Laboratories; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Space technology; Space vehicles; Telescopes; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813499
