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The Field of Optical Communications (view source)
Revision as of 22:10, 17 March 2016
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===Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD)===
===Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD)===
{{satellite
{{satellite
| header = OCSD-1 (AeroCube 7A)
| header = OCSD-1 (AeroCube 7A)
| size = 1.5U
| size = 1.5U
}}
}}
The Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) project, managed by NASA with payloads built by The Aerospace Corporation, addresses two cross-cutting capabilities of value to many future small spacecraft missions: high-speed optical transmission of data and small spacecraft proximity operations. Optical data rates demonstrated by OCSD are expected to be 200 megabits per second (Mb/s) or higher, a factor of 100 increase over current high-end CubeSat communications systems. [http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ocsd_fact_sheet_21oct2015.pdf]
The Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) project, managed by NASA with payloads built by The Aerospace Corporation, addresses two cross-cutting capabilities of value to many future small spacecraft missions: high-speed optical transmission of data and small spacecraft proximity operations. Optical data rates demonstrated by OCSD are expected to be 200 megabits per second (Mb/s) or higher, a factor of 100 increase over current high-end CubeSat communications systems. [http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ocsd_fact_sheet_21oct2015.pdf]
====OCSD-2(A/B)====
====OCSD-2(A/B)====
{{satellite
{{satellite
| header = OCSD-2 (AeroCube 7B/C)
| header = OCSD-2 (AeroCube 7B/C)
| size = 2 x 1.5U
| size = 2 x 1.5U
}}
}}
OCSD-2 is scheduled for launch during 2016 aboard a currently unidentified Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB. The first such launch is currently scheduled for July. OCSD-2 contains the remaining two of the three planned satellites, which will launch as a single 3U unit and separate into 2 independent satellites. The OCSD-2 A and B payloads will attempt satellite-earth and satellite-satellite communications at speeds in excess of 500 Mbit/s, with the primary purpose of demonstrating technologies for satellites operating in proximity to each other. It is unclear what systems will differ between the OCSD-1 and OCSD-2 payloads.
OCSD-2 is scheduled for launch during 2016 aboard a currently unidentified Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB. The first such launch is currently scheduled for July. OCSD-2 contains the remaining two of the three planned satellites, which will launch as a single 3U unit and separate into 2 independent satellites. The OCSD-2 A and B payloads will attempt satellite-earth and satellite-satellite communications at speeds in excess of 500 Mbit/s, with the primary purpose of demonstrating technologies for satellites operating in proximity to each other. It is unclear what systems will differ between the OCSD-1 and OCSD-2 payloads.