SILEX in-orbit performances

Gilles Planche; Vincent Chorvalli

doi:10.1117/12.2500113

13 April 2018 SILEX in-orbit performances

Gilles Planche, Vincent Chorvalli

Proceedings Volume 10568, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2004; 105682J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500113
Event: International Conference on Space Optics 2004, 2004, Toulouse, France

Abstract

PASTEL embarked on-board SPOT4, French LEO earth observation satellite, and OPALE mounted on-board ARTEMIS, European GEO telecommunication satellite are the key components of SILEX (Semi-conductor Inter-satellite Link Experiment) system. Launched in March 1998, PASTEL terminal was first verified via star tracking. Then, first SILEX optical communication was successfully performed in December 2001 with ARTEMIS at 31000 km. Following 12 months ARTEMIS orbit rising, SILEX commissioning phase was successfully achieved in spring 2003. Today, more than hundred successful optical communications have been achieved. On 1st of October 2003, the SILEX optical link was declared fully operational by the European and French space agencies. After a recall of SILEX architecture, design and onground verification, this paper reports on in-orbit results.

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Gilles Planche and Vincent Chorvalli "SILEX in-orbit performances", Proc. SPIE 10568, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2004, 105682J (13 April 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500113

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