Technical Session II: Communications

The NASA Optical Communication and Sensor Demonstration Program

Siegfried Janson, The Aerospace Corporation
Richard Welle, The Aerospace Corporation

5:00 PM

300 Mbps Downlink Communications from 50kg Class Small Satellites

Hirobumi Saito, ISAS/JAXA
Naohiko Iwakiri, Tokyo University
Atsushi Tomiki, ISAS/JAXA
Takahide Mizuno, ISAS/JAXA
Hiromi Watanabe, Tokyo University
Tomoya Fukami, Tokyo University
Osamu Shigeta, AI Electronics Co. LTD.
Hitoshi Nunomura, AI Electronics Co. LTD.
Yasuaki Kanda, Antenna Giken Co. LTD
Kaname Kojima, Addnics Corporation
Takahiro Shinke, Addnics Corporation
Toshiki Kumazawa, TOYO Corporation

5:15 PM

Digital Predistortion for Wideband High Efficiency RF Power Amplifiers for High Throughput Satellites

Ahmed Maghawry Ibrahim Abouelenin, Surrey Space Center
Craig Underwood, Surrey Space Center

5:30 PM

Programmable Ultra Lightweight System Adaptable Radio (PULSAR) Low Cost Telemetry – Access from Space

Herb Sims, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Kosta Varnavas, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Eric Eberly, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

5:45 PM

Laser Data Downlink System of Micro-satellite RISESAT

Toshinori Kuwahara, Tohoku University
Kazuya Yoshida, Tohoku University
Yoshihiro Tomioka, Tohoku University
Kazufumi Fukuda, Tohoku University
Hiroo Kunimori, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Morio Toyoshima, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Tetsuharu Fuse, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Toshihiro Kubooka, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Junichi Kurihara, Hokkaido University
Yukihiro Takahashi, Hokkaido University

6:00 PM

Small Satellite Capability Analysis: Communications Subsystem

Stephanie Jones, Air Force Research Laboratory

6:15 PM