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Architectural Options for a Future Deep Space Optical Communications NetworkThis paper provides an overview of different options at Earth to provide Deep Space optical communication services. It is based mainly on work done for the Mars Laser Communications Demonstration (MLCD) Project, a joint project between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (JPL), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL). It also reports preliminary conclusions from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System Continuation Study at GSFC. A lasercom flight terminal will be flown on the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) to be launched by NASA in 2009, and will be the first high rate deep space demonstration of this revolutionary technology.
Document ID
20040079783
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Edwards, B. L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Benjamin, T.
(ITT Industries, Inc. Reston, VA, United States)
Scozzafava, J.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Khatri, F.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Sharma, J.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Parvin, B.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Liebrecht, P. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fitzgerald, R. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Meeting Information
Meeting: SpaceOps 2004 Conference
Location: Montreal
Country: Canada
Start Date: May 17, 2004
End Date: May 21, 2004
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-00-C-0002
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Public
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