Development of Optical Communication Terminals for Increasing Connectivity on Small Satellites

The development of free-space optical communication (FSOC) systems for space is key to enabling orders of magnitude more bandwidth and throughput for space communication systems. In addition, the recent developments in CubeSat technology can enable significant new small satellite capabilities. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kammerer III, William John
Other Authors: Cahoy, Kerri
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155393