Japanese first optical interorbit communications engineering satellite (OICETS)

Akio Yamamoto; Toshihiro Hori; Takafumi Shimizu; Keizo Nakagawa

doi:10.1117/12.188080

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30 September 1994 Japanese first optical interorbit communications engineering satellite (OICETS)

Akio Yamamoto, Toshihiro Hori, Takafumi Shimizu, Keizo Nakagawa

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Proceedings Volume 2210, Space Optics 1994: Space Instrumentation and Spacecraft Optics; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188080
Event: Space Optics '94, 1994, Garmisch, Germany

Abstract

The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) plans to conduct an optical inter-orbit ling experiment in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA will launch the ARTEMIS geostationary satellite equipped with the SILEX optical terminal. NASDA will launch the Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) equipped with the LUCE optical inter-orbit communications equipment into low earth orbit. The link experiment will be conducted between these satellites with associated ground equipment in Europe and Japan.

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Akio Yamamoto, Toshihiro Hori, Takafumi Shimizu, and Keizo Nakagawa "Japanese first optical interorbit communications engineering satellite (OICETS)", Proc. SPIE 2210, Space Optics 1994: Space Instrumentation and Spacecraft Optics, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188080

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