The system transfering between laser-satellites

  • Authors:
  • Marketa Smejkalova Mazalkova

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Communication and Information Systems, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic

  • Venue:
  • WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on COMMUNICATIONS
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Laser inter-satellite communication is on the verge of becoming a reality. It will be a key building block for wide-area space data networks of the future. Design methodologies treating these as complex engineering systems, and the technique to break down the systems into interacting but logically separate subsystems for design and analysis, will be suggested. The paper involves the introduction into laser inter-satellite communication system. The paper includes briefly analysis, optimization and subsystems design (three independent links) and system level development of signal transferring between two GEO satellites. Research opportunities in this area include development of laser beam acquisition, tracking and pointing techniques and algorithms, development of computer aided analysis link budget for the free space channel, systems engineering (analysis and design) of optical transmission development of high efficiency flight qualifiable solid-state lasers, fast fine-pointing mirrors high update-rate acquisition and tracking cameras and very low-noise high-quantum efficiency receiver.