Overview of the inter-orbit and the orbit-to-ground laser communication demonstration by OICETS

Takashi Jono; Yoshihisa Takayama; Koichi Shiratama; Ichiro Mase; Benoit Demelenne; Zoran Sodnik; Aneurin Bird; Morio Toyoshima; Hiroo Kunimori; Dirk Giggenbach; Nicolas Perlot; Markus Knapek; Katsuyoshi Arai

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12 February 2007 Overview of the inter-orbit and the orbit-to-ground laser communication demonstration by OICETS

Takashi Jono, Yoshihisa Takayama, Koichi Shiratama, Ichiro Mase, Benoit Demelenne, Zoran Sodnik, Aneurin Bird, Morio Toyoshima, Hiroo Kunimori, Dirk Giggenbach, Nicolas Perlot, Markus Knapek, Katsuyoshi Arai

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Proceedings Volume 6457, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIX and Atmospheric Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves; 645702 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708864
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The experiment results on the inter-orbit laser communications between OICETS and a geostationary satellite and the results of two kinds of orbit-to-ground laser communications between OICETS and ground stations are summarized. The geostationary satellite for the inter-orbit demonstrations is the European Space Agency's geostationary satellite, ARTEMIS, and the ground stations for the orbit-to-ground demonstrations are of the National Institute of Information, and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), respectively. The descriptions of those experiments contain some statistically analyzed results as well as data samples measured during the demonstrations. The authors present the overview of these demonstration progresses and discuss on the results.

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Takashi Jono, Yoshihisa Takayama, Koichi Shiratama, Ichiro Mase, Benoit Demelenne, Zoran Sodnik, Aneurin Bird, Morio Toyoshima, Hiroo Kunimori, Dirk Giggenbach, Nicolas Perlot, Markus Knapek, and Katsuyoshi Arai "Overview of the inter-orbit and the orbit-to-ground laser communication demonstration by OICETS", Proc. SPIE 6457, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIX and Atmospheric Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves, 645702 (12 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708864

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