Simultaneous laser ranging and communication from an Earth-based satellite laser ranging station to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in lunar orbit

Xiaoli Sun; David R. Skillman; Evan D. Hoffman; Dandan Mao; Jan F. McGarry; Gregory A. Neumann; Leva McIntire; Ronald S. Zellar; Frederic M. Davidson; Wai H. Fong; Michael A. Krainak; Maria T. Zuber; David E. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.2006645

19 March 2013 Simultaneous laser ranging and communication from an Earth-based satellite laser ranging station to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in lunar orbit

Xiaoli Sun, David R. Skillman, Evan D. Hoffman, Dandan Mao, Jan F. McGarry, Gregory A. Neumann, Leva McIntire, Ronald S. Zellar, Frederic M. Davidson, Wai H. Fong, Michael A. Krainak, Maria T. Zuber, David E. Smith

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Proceedings Volume 8610, Free-Space Laser Communication and Atmospheric Propagation XXV; 861003 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006645
Event: SPIE LASE, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report a free space laser communication experiment from the satellite laser ranging (SLR) station at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in lunar orbit through the on board one-way Laser Ranging (LR) receiver. Pseudo random data and sample image files were transmitted to LRO using a 4096-ary pulse position modulation (PPM) signal format. Reed-Solomon forward error correction codes were used to achieve error free data transmission at a moderate coding overhead rate. The signal fading due to the atmosphere effect was measured and the coding gain could be estimated.

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Xiaoli Sun, David R. Skillman, Evan D. Hoffman, Dandan Mao, Jan F. McGarry, Gregory A. Neumann, Leva McIntire, Ronald S. Zellar, Frederic M. Davidson, Wai H. Fong, Michael A. Krainak, Maria T. Zuber, and David E. Smith "Simultaneous laser ranging and communication from an Earth-based satellite laser ranging station to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in lunar orbit", Proc. SPIE 8610, Free-Space Laser Communication and Atmospheric Propagation XXV, 861003 (19 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006645

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