• DocumentCode
    349283
  • Title

    Coherent laser terminals for LEO satellite constellations

  • Author

    Smutny, Berry ; Zech, Herwig

  • Author_Institution
    Bosch Telecom GmbH, Backnang, Germany
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We present an overview of the inter-satellite optical terminal technical evolution since the beginning of ESA and German Space Agency Studies in the seventies up to the current LEO constellation optical inter-satellite link terminals as developed by Bosch
  • Keywords
    optical links; satellite links; Bosch; German Space Agency Studies; LEO constellation optical inter-satellite link terminals; LEO satellite constellations; coherent laser terminals; inter-satellite optical terminal technical evolution; overview; Laboratories; Low earth orbit satellites; Satellite constellations; Space technology; System testing; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5634-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1999.813500
  • Filename
    813500