5.6 Gbps optical intersatellite communication link

Berry Smutny; Hartmut Kaempfner; Gerd Muehlnikel; Uwe Sterr; Bernhard Wandernoth; Frank Heine; Ulrich Hildebrand; Daniel Dallmann; Martin Reinhardt; Axel Freier; Robert Lange; Knut Boehmer; Thomas Feldhaus; Juergen Mueller; Andreas Weichert; Peter Greulich; Stefan Seel; Rolf Meyer; Reinhard Czichy

doi:10.1117/12.812209

24 February 2009 5.6 Gbps optical intersatellite communication link

Berry Smutny, Hartmut Kaempfner, Gerd Muehlnikel, Uwe Sterr, Bernhard Wandernoth, Frank Heine, Ulrich Hildebrand, Daniel Dallmann, Martin Reinhardt, Axel Freier, Robert Lange, Knut Boehmer, Thomas Feldhaus, Juergen Mueller, Andreas Weichert, Peter Greulich, Stefan Seel, Rolf Meyer, Reinhard Czichy

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Proceedings Volume 7199, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XXI; 719906 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.812209
Event: SPIE LASE: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A 5.6 Gbps optical communication link has been verified in-orbit. The intersatellite link uses homodyne BPSK (binary phase shift keying) and allows to transmit data with a duplex data rate of 5.6 Gbps and a bit error rate better than 10-9 between two LEO satellites, NFIRE (U.S.) and TerraSAR-X (Germany). We report on the terminal design and the link performance during the measurement campaign. As an outlook we report on the flight units adapted to LEO-to-GEO intersatellite links that TESAT currently builds and on plans to study GEO-to-ground links.

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Berry Smutny, Hartmut Kaempfner, Gerd Muehlnikel, Uwe Sterr, Bernhard Wandernoth, Frank Heine, Ulrich Hildebrand, Daniel Dallmann, Martin Reinhardt, Axel Freier, Robert Lange, Knut Boehmer, Thomas Feldhaus, Juergen Mueller, Andreas Weichert, Peter Greulich, Stefan Seel, Rolf Meyer, and Reinhard Czichy "5.6 Gbps optical intersatellite communication link", Proc. SPIE 7199, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XXI, 719906 (24 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.812209

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