Publication Date:
2019-08-14
Description:
NASA is presently developing first all optical high data rate satellite relay system, LCRD. To be flown on commercial geosynchronous satellite, it will communicate at DPSK and PPM modulation formats up to 1.244 Gbps. LCRD flight payload is being developed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The two ground stations, one on Table Mountain in CA, developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and another on Hawaiian island will enable bi-directional relay operation and ground sites diversity experiments. In this paper we will report on the current state of LCRD system development, planned operational scenarios and expected system performance.
Keywords:
Lasers and Masers; Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking
Type:
GSFC-E-DAA-TN29838
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SPIE Photonics West 2016 Conference; Feb 14, 2016 - Feb 18, 2016; San Francisco, CA; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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