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Architectural design of a ground-based deep-space optical reception antennaAn architectural design of a ground-based antenna (telescope) for receiving optical communications from deep space is presented. Physical and optical parameters, and their effect on the performance and cost considerations, are described. The channel capacity of the antenna is 100 kbits/s from Saturn and 5 Mbits/s from Mars. A novel sunshade is designed to permit optical communication even when the deep-space laser source is as close to the sun as 12 deg. Inserts in the tubes of the sunshade permit operations at solar elongations as small as 6 or 3 deg. The Nd:YAG source laser and the Fraunhofer filter (a narrow-band predetection optical filter) are tuned to match the Doppler shifts of the source and background. A typical Saturn-to-earth data link can reduce its source power requirement from 8.2 W to 2 W of laser output by employing a Fraunhofer filter instead of a conventional multilayer dielectric filter.
Document ID
19900044884
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kerr, E. L.
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Subject Category
Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)
Meeting Information
Meeting: Space Sensing, Communications, and Networking
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 16, 1989
End Date: January 18, 1989
Accession Number
90A31939
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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