Performance And Modeling Of The Gsfc Pointing Acquisition And Tracking System For Laser Communications

N. D. Fox; W. W. Chapman; T. S. Johnson

doi:10.1117/12.951699

2 June 1989 Performance And Modeling Of The Gsfc Pointing Acquisition And Tracking System For Laser Communications

N. D. Fox, W. W. Chapman, T. S. Johnson

Proceedings Volume 1059, Space Sensing, Communications, and Networking; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951699
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) laser communication pointing, acquisition, and tracking laboratory demonstration program is discussed. This program entails the construction of a flexible brass-board simulation tool, and a supporting computer simulation effort. The result of this program will be a viable test bed to support the design and specification of space-based laser communication terminals and, additionally, to address critical performance issues such as tracking robustness in the presence of background (e.g., stellar or earth) noise and/or internally generated thermal noise.

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N. D. Fox, W. W. Chapman, and T. S. Johnson "Performance And Modeling Of The Gsfc Pointing Acquisition And Tracking System For Laser Communications", Proc. SPIE 1059, Space Sensing, Communications, and Networking, (2 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951699

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