Video imagery was streamed from the ground to an aircraft using a free-space laser communication link. The link operated at 270 Mb/s over slant ranges of 5-9 km in day and night time background conditions. The experiment was designed to demonstrate autonomous link acquisition and served as a first proof-of-concept for a planetary access link between a surface asset and an orbiter at Mars. System parameters monitored during the link demonstration including acquisition and tracking and communication performance are discussed.
Emulating an Optical Planetary Access Link with an Aircraft
SPIE Photonics West Conference ; 2010 ; San Francisco, CA, United States
2010-01-23
Conference paper
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English
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