NASA is presently developing first all optical high data rate satellite relay system, LCRD. To be flown on commercial geosynchronous satellite, it will communicate at DPSK and PPM modulation formats up to 1.244 Gbps. LCRD flight payload is being developed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The two ground stations, one on Table Mountain in CA, developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and another on Hawaiian island will enable bi-directional relay operation and ground sites diversity experiments. In this paper we will report on the current state of LCRD system development, planned operational scenarios and expected system performance.


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    Title :

    Overview and Status of the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration


    Contributors:
    E. Luzhanskiy (author) / B. Edwards (author) / D. Israel (author) / D. Cornwell (author) / J. Staren (author) / N. Cummings (author) / T. Roberts (author) / R. Patschke (author)

    Publication date :

    2016


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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