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- 05:59, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N OpComms team Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:59, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 CubeQuest Challenge
- 05:58, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 LADEE
- 05:57, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N Optical communication Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:57, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Optical Internet Backhaul
- 05:56, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Scintillation
- 05:55, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N OpComms group Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:55, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N OpComms Team Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:55, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N Optical communications group Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:54, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Precision Aiming
- 05:54, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 OpComms System I
- 05:54, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 OpComms System II
- 05:53, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 OpComms System III
- 05:51, 30 July 2015 diff hist +18 N Amateur radio club Redirected page to W6YX current
- 05:51, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Amateur Radio
- 05:51, 30 July 2015 diff hist +40 N Skyline Boulevard overlook Redirected page to Skyline Boulevard Overlook current
- 05:50, 30 July 2015 diff hist +139 W6YX
- 05:49, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
- 05:48, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Stanford Student Observatory
- 05:48, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 m Skyline Boulevard Overlook
- 05:48, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 m Stanford Astronomy Club
- 05:47, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 m Fog
- 05:46, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Proposed Alternate OpComms Test Sites
- 05:46, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Amateur Optical Communication Record
- 05:45, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N Optical communications Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:45, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 Long Range RF
- 05:45, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 User:Ehillstrom
- 05:44, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N Optical Communications Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:44, 30 July 2015 diff hist +41 N OpComms Redirected page to Optical Communications Team current
- 05:44, 30 July 2015 diff hist +310 N Optical Communications Team Created page with "Optical Communications is a student-led project aiming to develop the capability to establish high-bandwidth data links over free space. Thus far, the group has successfully t..."
- 05:42, 30 July 2015 diff hist +39 m User:Ehillstrom
- 05:42, 30 July 2015 diff hist +88 N User:Ehillstrom Created page with "Elizabeth Hillstrom is the current co-leader of the Optical Communications group of SSI."
- 05:40, 30 July 2015 diff hist -393 Main Page Redirected page to Stanford Space Initiative (SSI)
- 05:39, 30 July 2015 diff hist +45 N Space Initiative Redirected page to Stanford Space Initiative (SSI)
- 05:39, 30 July 2015 diff hist +45 N SSI Redirected page to Stanford Space Initiative (SSI)
- 05:39, 30 July 2015 diff hist +45 N Stanford Space Initiative Redirected page to Stanford Space Initiative (SSI)
- 05:38, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1,124 N Stanford Student Space Initiative (SSI) Created page with "The Stanford Space Initiative (SSI) is a completely student-run organization founded in 2013 with the mission of giving future leaders of the space industry the hands-on exper..."
- 05:36, 30 July 2015 diff hist +859 N Long Range RF Created page with "Long range radio communication can be useful for closing an alignment feedback loop for an optical communications system if only one transmitter is present in the field. It ha..."
- 05:32, 30 July 2015 diff hist +50 N Current amateur record Redirected page to Amateur Optical Communication Record current
- 05:31, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1,906 N Proposed Alternate OpComms Test Sites Created page with "Now that the OpComms team has successfully accomplished a 10km test, the group intends to scale up. The next set of testing locations has not yet been determined, but many si..."
- 05:25, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1,790 N Fog Created page with "SSI's Optical Communications team has had many encounters with fog. Rain makes optical communication links difficult, due to the scattering properties of drops of water in th..."
- 05:23, 30 July 2015 diff hist +37 N Stanford Astronomy Redirected page to Stanford Astronomy Club current
- 05:22, 30 July 2015 diff hist +37 N Astronomy Club Redirected page to Stanford Astronomy Club current
- 05:22, 30 July 2015 diff hist +253 N Stanford Astronomy Club Created page with "The Astronomy Club has public stargazing sessions with their member’s telescopes on an irregular basis. Their members are highly knowledgeable about telescopes and have occa..."
- 05:21, 30 July 2015 diff hist -4 m Skyline Boulevard Overlook
- 05:21, 30 July 2015 diff hist +40 N Skyline Redirected page to Skyline Boulevard Overlook current
- 05:20, 30 July 2015 diff hist +40 N Skyline Drive Overlook Redirected page to Skyline Boulevard Overlook current
- 05:20, 30 July 2015 diff hist +40 N Skyline Drive Redirected page to Skyline Boulevard Overlook current
- 05:20, 30 July 2015 diff hist +40 N Skyline Boulevard Redirected page to Skyline Boulevard Overlook current
- 05:19, 30 July 2015 diff hist +440 N Skyline Boulevard Overlook Created page with "Location: (37.324541, -122.204255) This overlook on Skyline Boulevard is almost exactly 10 km from W6YX. It is open to the public, and SSI's OpComms group has frequently..."
- 05:17, 30 July 2015 diff hist +42 N Stanford Observatory Redirected page to Stanford Student Observatory current
- 05:17, 30 July 2015 diff hist +42 N Student Observatory Redirected page to Stanford Student Observatory current
- 05:16, 30 July 2015 diff hist +245 N Stanford Student Observatory Created page with "The Physics Department maintains a student observatory which seems to be of very high quality. This is a resource that SSI's Optical Communications team is aware of, but has n..."
- 05:15, 30 July 2015 diff hist +62 N Global Telescope Network Redirected page to Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network current
- 05:15, 30 July 2015 diff hist +62 N Las Cumbres Redirected page to Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network current
- 05:15, 30 July 2015 diff hist +62 N LCOGT Redirected page to Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network current
- 05:14, 30 July 2015 diff hist +393 N Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network Created page with "Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT) is a global network of 1 meter class telescopes which can be rented for $300 an hour by anyone. This network of telesc..."
- 05:13, 30 July 2015 diff hist +18 N Amateur Radio Club Redirected page to W6YX current
- 05:12, 30 July 2015 diff hist +18 N Stanford Radio Club Redirected page to W6YX current
- 05:12, 30 July 2015 diff hist +18 N Stanford Amateur Radio Club Redirected page to W6YX current
- 05:12, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1 m W6YX
- 05:11, 30 July 2015 diff hist +606 N W6YX Created page with "Location: (37.403416, -122.165782) W6YX is the Stanford amateur radio club. It is the oldest student group on campus, dating back to 1922, give or take. The group meets the se..."
- 05:10, 30 July 2015 diff hist +27 N Radio Redirected page to Amateur Radio current
- 05:10, 30 July 2015 diff hist +777 N Amateur Radio Created page with "An amateur radio license is like a driver’s license. It allows the holder to transmit on parts of the radio spectrum that were previously inaccessible. For SSI as a whole,..."
- 05:00, 30 July 2015 diff hist +31 N System ii Redirected page to OpComms System II current
- 04:59, 30 July 2015 diff hist +32 N System iii Redirected page to OpComms System III current
- 04:58, 30 July 2015 diff hist +32 N System III Redirected page to OpComms System III current
- 04:58, 30 July 2015 diff hist +4 m OpComms System III
- 04:57, 30 July 2015 diff hist +5,638 N OpComms System III Created page with "System III is the current OpComms optical link setup. It consists of a laser transmitter and custom Fresnel lens receiver, interfacing with a commercial photodetector. This..."
- 04:51, 30 July 2015 diff hist +31 N System II Redirected page to OpComms System II current
- 04:51, 30 July 2015 diff hist +3,466 N OpComms System II Created page with "System II was the OpComms group's second attempt at an optical link. This system featured motorized mounts, a commercial photodetector, and an upgrade to lasers, from the ear..."
- 04:46, 30 July 2015 diff hist +30 N System I Redirected page to OpComms System I current
- 04:46, 30 July 2015 diff hist +3,769 N OpComms System I Created page with "System I was the OpComms group's first attempt at an optical communication system. It used an LED matrix for transmission and a homemade receiver circuit to receive the signa..."
- 04:40, 30 July 2015 diff hist +73 m Precision Aiming
- 04:38, 30 July 2015 diff hist +77 m Precision Aiming
- 04:37, 30 July 2015 diff hist +30 N Aiming Redirected page to Precision Aiming current
- 04:36, 30 July 2015 diff hist +29 N Beam divergence Redirected page to Beam Divergence current
- 04:36, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1,437 N Precision Aiming Created page with "If the beam divergence of a transmitter is small, i.e. it forms a tighter cone, then more power actually reaches the receiver. However, low divergence means that the beam..."
- 04:34, 30 July 2015 diff hist +976 N Scintillation Created page with "The index of refraction of air depends on many factors, including temperature, humidity, and density. If coherent (in phase) laser light travels through an inhomogeneous mediu..."
- 04:32, 30 July 2015 diff hist +29 N Divergence Redirected page to Beam Divergence current
- 04:32, 30 July 2015 diff hist +556 N Beam Divergence Created page with "The path of light emitted from an aperture can be approximated by a cone. The divergence is usually specified as the half-angle of the two-dimensional triangle formed by the e..."
- 04:31, 30 July 2015 diff hist +746 N Optical Internet Backhaul Created page with "Optical communication provides significantly better transmission speeds than copper wiring or conventional wireless communications, and so for high-traffic, high-speed network..."
- 04:29, 30 July 2015 diff hist +50 N Optical Communication Record Redirected page to Amateur Optical Communication Record current
- 04:28, 30 July 2015 diff hist +7 m Amateur Optical Communication Record
- 04:28, 30 July 2015 diff hist +888 N Amateur Optical Communication Record Created page with "The current amateur radio record for long distance terrestrial optical communication is ~173 mi (278.4km), set in 2008. The record-holders maintain an extensive website at mod..."
- 04:26, 30 July 2015 diff hist +520 N JPL 1U Optical Communications Terminal Created page with "Although not yet flown, JPL has mature designs for a 1U lasercomm terminal to be flown on a future CubeSat. The terminal features a 6 cm transmit/receive aperture and has been..."
- 04:23, 30 July 2015 diff hist +513 N OPALS Created page with "OPALS (Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science) is an optical communications link module developed by JPL and mounted on the International Space Station. It established a 50 Mbp..."
- 04:22, 30 July 2015 diff hist +19 N LLCD Redirected page to LADEE current
- 04:21, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1,192 N LADEE Created page with "The Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD) was part of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission in 2013, a collaboration between NASA and MI..."
- 04:19, 30 July 2015 diff hist +22 N Fitsat Redirected page to FitSat-1 current
- 04:19, 30 July 2015 diff hist +702 N FitSat-1 Created page with "FITSAT-1 was a small satellite launched on October 4, 2012 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It included green power LED’s and an experimental video transmit..."
- 04:16, 30 July 2015 diff hist +33 N Cubequest Redirected page to CubeQuest Challenge current
- 04:16, 30 July 2015 diff hist +33 N CubeQuest Redirected page to CubeQuest Challenge current
- 04:15, 30 July 2015 diff hist +32 N SPOT Redirected page to ARTEMIS and SPOT-4 current
- 04:14, 30 July 2015 diff hist +32 N SPOT-4 Redirected page to ARTEMIS and SPOT-4 current
- 04:14, 30 July 2015 diff hist +32 N ARTEMIS Redirected page to ARTEMIS and SPOT-4 current
- 04:10, 30 July 2015 diff hist +547 N OICETS Created page with "OICETS (Optical Interorbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite), or Kirari, was a JAXA mission begun in 1993 and launched in 2005. The satellite was a 570 kg payload des..."
- 04:09, 30 July 2015 diff hist +593 N ARTEMIS and SPOT-4 Created page with "ARTEMIS and SPOT-4 were two European satellites that established an 830 nm intersatellite link as part of an ESA/CNES mission. Unlike many technical demonstrations, the optica..."
- 04:07, 30 July 2015 diff hist +2 CubeQuest Challenge
- 04:04, 30 July 2015 diff hist +2,175 N CubeQuest Challenge Created page with "In 2015, NASA officially launched the CubeQuest Challenge. This multi-branched competition has two classes of culminating challenges: the Lunar Derby and the Deep Space Derby...."