Session
Pre-Conference Poster Session I
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
The New Space Economy is booming, as more than 7000 small satellites will be launched in the next decade. Dominant applications such as telecommunication & Earth imaging will generate data volumes that are simply not manageable with classic RF telecom payloads. Optical communication is a crucial technology of the future commercial space assets, granting stand-alone satellites and constellations the ability to route in space and transmit to ground unprecedented amounts of data, with limited spacecraft’s complexity and cost.
Compact Laser Communication Terminal for Small Satellites
Utah State University, Logan, UT
The New Space Economy is booming, as more than 7000 small satellites will be launched in the next decade. Dominant applications such as telecommunication & Earth imaging will generate data volumes that are simply not manageable with classic RF telecom payloads. Optical communication is a crucial technology of the future commercial space assets, granting stand-alone satellites and constellations the ability to route in space and transmit to ground unprecedented amounts of data, with limited spacecraft’s complexity and cost.
