Nanosatellite optical downlink experiment: design, simulation, and prototyping

The nanosatellite optical downlink experiment (NODE) implements a free-space optical communications (lasercom) capability on a CubeSat platform that can support low earth orbit (LEO) to ground downlink rates>10  Mbps. A primary goal of NODE is to leverage commercially available technologies to pr...

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Main Authors: Clements, Emily B (Contributor), Aniceto, Raichelle J. (Contributor), Barnes, Derek C. (Contributor), Caplan, David O. (Contributor), Clark, James R. (Contributor), Del Portillo Barrios, Inigo (Contributor), Haughwout, Christian Alexander (Contributor), Khatsenko, Maxim Oleg (Contributor), Lee, Myron (Contributor), Morgan, Rachel E. (Contributor), Twichell, Jonathan C. (Contributor), Riesing, Kathleen Michelle (Contributor), Yoon, Hyosang (Contributor), Ziegler, Caleb Kevin (Contributor), Cahoy, Kerri (Contributor), Kingsbury, Ryan W (Contributor)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SPIE, 2017-04-13T20:58:01Z.
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