Open Access<title>Overview of the preliminary design of the Optical Communication Demonstration and High-Rate Link Facility</title>
Author(s) -
John V. Sandusky,
Muthu Jeganathan,
Gerry G. Ortiz,
Abhijit Biswas,
Sukhan Lee,
George L. Parker,
Brad Liu,
Donald R. Johnson,
Jon De Pew,
James R. Lesh
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1996-756X
pISSN - 0277-786X
DOI - 10.1117/12.346178
Subject(s) - software deployment , systems engineering , optical link , key (lock) , systems design , communications system , ground station , computer science , design elements and principles , optical communication , link (geometry) , engineering , aerospace engineering , telecommunications , software engineering , electronic engineering , optical fiber , operating system , computer network , satellite
This paper presents an overview of the preliminary design of both the flight and ground systems of the Optical Communication Demonstration and High-Rate Link Facility which will demonstrate optical communication from the International Space Station to ground after its deployment in October 2002. The overview of the preliminary design of the Flight System proceeds by contrasting it with the design of the laboratory-model unit, emphasizing key changes and the rationale behind the design choices. After presenting the preliminary design of the Ground System, the timetable for the construction and deployment of the flight and ground systems is outlined.
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