Interplanetary Network Progress Report · 2003 · 23 citations · 4 references
EngineeringSpacecraft NetworksSpace OpticOptical Wireless CommunicationDeep Space ProbeSpace-based Optical NetworksAstronomical Image AnalysisSpace NetworksInstrumentationOptical CommunicationSpace CommunicationFree-space Optical NetworkPhotonicsSpace CommunicationsTest BedDeep Space CommunicationsRadio TelescopeLower Power-consumptionJpl Optical CommunicationsOptoelectronicsLower Mass
Relative to RF, the lower power-consumption and lower mass of high bandwidth optical telecommunications make this technology extremely attractive for returning data from future NASA/JPL deep space probes.
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<title>Lessons learned from the Optical Communications Demonstrator (OCD)</title>
Muthu Jeganathan, Angel Portillo, C. Racho et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1999 · 18 citations
Engineering, Optical Communications Demonstrator, Education +18