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The Field of Optical Communications (view source)
Revision as of 02:07, 22 March 2016
, 02:07, 22 March 2016Added SOCLBA and a note about SSTP
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==MIT Lincoln Labs LLCD/LADEE==
==MIT Lincoln Labs LLCD/LADEE==
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The Small Spacecraft Technology Program invests in the development and demonstration of a range of technologies and capabilities and engages the talents of a broad community of researchers and technologists from government, industry and academia. Currently, the SSTP funds and/or manages 34 projects that are organized under the four program elements. Of these, two pertain to optical communications.
===Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD)===
===Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD)===
===Space Optical Communications Using Laser Beam Amplification (SOCLBA)===
===Space Optical Communications Using Laser Beam Amplification (SOCLBA)===
The Space Optical Communications Using Laser Beam Amplification (SOCLBA) project will provide a capability to amplify a laser beam that is received in a modulating retro-reflector (MRR) located in a satellite in low Earth orbit. The results of the first year’s work (2014) show amplification factors of 60 times the power of the signal beam. However, there has been little published information since then. The program is led by researchers at the University of Rochester.
[[Category: Satellites]] [[Category: Optical Communications]]
[[Category: Satellites]] [[Category: Optical Communications]]