The Integrated LCRD Low-Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) payload will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. ILLUMA-T is an optical communications payload that will make the ISS the first space-based user to communicate with NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD). The system will support all-optical forward links up to 150 Mbps and return links up to 1 Gbps. The payload recently underwent system level Thermal VACuum (TVAC) functional testing at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. We present an overview of the payload’s TVAC functional tests and results.


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    Title :

    System level TVAC functional testing for the Integrated LCRD Low-Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) payload destined for the International Space Station


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Free-Space Laser Communications XXXV ; 2023 ; San Francisco,California,United States


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 12413


    Publication date :

    2023-03-15





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English