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EngineeringAerospace EngineeringPhysicsOpticsPhotonicsSpacecraft DesignCommunications SubsystemsFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersSystems Engineering For SpacecraftDeep Space Communication LinksFiber Optic Communication SystemsFree-space Optical CommunicationInter-satellite Optical LinksRadiation Environment AnalysisSpace Communication SystemsSpacecraft Data Handling ArchitectureThroughput
As NASA, DoD, industry, and others propagate the current spacecraft trends for increasing science data throughput and on-board processing, the use of fiber optic data links between spacecraft subsystems has gained heightened interest. With this is mind, we present a perspective of the use of these fiber optic systems in the space radiation environment that encompasses both the historical past and scaleable future space systems and their requirements.
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