AIRBORNE VISIBLE LASER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EXPERIMENT
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 10-12, 1972 / International Hotel, Los Angeles, California === A series of optical communication experiments between a high altitude aircraft at 18.3 km (60,000 ft) and a ground station are planned by NASA in the summer of 1972. The basic...
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International Foundation for Telemetering
1972
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/604773 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/604773 |
| Summary: | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 10-12, 1972 / International Hotel, Los Angeles, California === A series of optical communication experiments between a high altitude
aircraft at 18.3 km (60,000 ft) and a ground station are planned by NASA in the summer of
1972. The basic concept is that an optical tracker and transmitter will be located in each
terminal. The aircraft transceiver consists of a 5-mW HeNe laser transmitter with a
30-megabit (Mbit) modulator. The ground station beacon is an argon laser operating at
488 mn. A separate pulsed laser radar is used for initial acquisition. The objective of the
experiment is to obtain engineering data on the precision tracking and communication
system performance at both terminals. Atmospheric effects on the system performance are
of prime importance. |
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