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CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinKThe CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) mission will demonstrate technology to advance the state of the art in communications between small spacecraft as well as the capability to gauge their relative distance and location. CLICK is comprised of two sequential missions. The first mission, CLICK A, is a risk reduction mission that will test out elements of the optical (laser) communications with a single 3-unit (3U) spacecraft. The key objective of this risk reduction testing is to demonstrate the fine steering mirror control system's high precision pointing performance which enables the use of a lower power laser in CLICK B/C. The goal of CLICK B/C, the second mission, is to demonstrate full-duplex (send and receive) optical communication crosslink between two 3U small spacecraft, in low-Earth-orbit, at distances between 15 and 360 miles (25 - 580 kilometres) apart at data rates greater than 20 Mbps.
Document ID
20190002781
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Other - Brief Communication/Note
Authors
Mayer, David J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Fishman, Julianna L. (Millennium Engineering and Integration Co. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Cahoy, Kerri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
April 26, 2019
Publication Date
April 23, 2019
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN67946
Meeting Information
Meeting: CubeSat Developers Workshop
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: April 23, 2019
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 80NSSC18K1579
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA13AC87C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
precision ranging
optical communications
Small spacecraft

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