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30 July 2015
Student Observatory
Redirected page to Stanford Student Observatory
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..."
Global Telescope Network
Redirected page to Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Las Cumbres
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LCOGT
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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..."
Amateur Radio Club
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Stanford Radio Club
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Stanford Amateur Radio Club
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W6YX
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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..."
Radio
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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,..."
System ii
Redirected page to OpComms System II
System iii
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System III
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OpComms System III
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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..."
System II
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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..."
System I
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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..."
Precision Aiming
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Precision Aiming
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Aiming
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Beam divergence
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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..."
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..."
Divergence
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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..."
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..."
Optical Communication Record
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Amateur Optical Communication Record
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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..."
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..."
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..."
LLCD
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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..."
Fitsat
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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..."
Cubequest
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CubeQuest
Redirected page to CubeQuest Challenge
SPOT
Redirected page to ARTEMIS and SPOT-4
SPOT-4
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ARTEMIS
Redirected page to ARTEMIS and SPOT-4
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..."
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..."
CubeQuest Challenge
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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...."