Design of a ground terminal for the STRV-2 satellite-to-ground lasercom experiment

Eric J. Korevaar; John J. Schuster; Harel Hakakha; Ron Stieger; Prasanna Adhikari; Brian Riley; Carter Moursund; Joseph Koontz; Arunabh Lath; Micah Barclay

doi:10.1117/12.308705

27 May 1998 Design of a ground terminal for the STRV-2 satellite-to-ground lasercom experiment

Eric J. Korevaar, John J. Schuster, Harel Hakakha, Ron Stieger, Prasanna Adhikari, Brian Riley, Carter Moursund, Joseph Koontz, Arunabh Lath, Micah Barclay

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Proceedings Volume 3266, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies X; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308705
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A laser communications terminal built under funding from the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) will be flown as part of the Space Technology Research Vehicle 2 (STRV-2) experiment to be launched as part of Air Force mission TSX-5 in late 1998. The flight hardware, which weighs 31.5 pounds and is capable of communications data rates above 1 Gb/s, was delivered to JPL for integration in July 1997. The planned satellite-to-ground lasercom experiment is designed for slant ranges up to 2000 km and elevation angles above the horizon down to 15 degrees. The ground terminal, described in this paper, is being built now and will be used to measure various link parameters such as burst error rates due to scintillation in addition to demonstrating high speed communications.

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Eric J. Korevaar, John J. Schuster, Harel Hakakha, Ron Stieger, Prasanna Adhikari, Brian Riley, Carter Moursund, Joseph Koontz, Arunabh Lath, and Micah Barclay "Design of a ground terminal for the STRV-2 satellite-to-ground lasercom experiment", Proc. SPIE 3266, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies X, (27 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308705

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