Compact optical transmitters for CubeSat free-space optical communications

We present the results of an architectural trade study and prototype implementation of an optical transmitter suitable for resource-constrained CubeSats. Recent advances in CubeSat attitude determination and control systems have made it possible to achieve three-axis stabilization. This is essential...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kingsbury, Ryan W, Caplan, David O., Cahoy, Kerri
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Published: SPIE 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115239
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-4432
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-5124