A Cost-Performance Model For Ground-Based Optical Communications Receiving Telescopes

Deborah L. Robinson; James R. Lesh

doi:10.1117/12.940033

3 June 1987 A Cost-Performance Model For Ground-Based Optical Communications Receiving Telescopes

Deborah L. Robinson, James R. Lesh

Proceedings Volume 0756, Optical Technologies for Space Communication Systems; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940033
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

An analytical cost-performance model for a ground-based optical communication receiving telescope is presented. The model considers costs of existing telescopes as a function of diameter and field-of-view. This, coupled with communication performance as a function of receiver diameter and field-of-view yields the appropriate telescope cost versus communication performance curve.

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Deborah L. Robinson and James R. Lesh "A Cost-Performance Model For Ground-Based Optical Communications Receiving Telescopes", Proc. SPIE 0756, Optical Technologies for Space Communication Systems, (3 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940033

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