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OPALS: A COTS-based Tech Demo of Optical CommunicationsI. Objective: Deliver video from ISS to optical ground terminal via an optical communications link. a) JPL Phaeton/Early Career Hire (ECH) training project. b) Implemented as Class-D payload. c) Downlink at approx.30Mb/s. II. Flight System a) Optical Head Beacon Acquisition Camera. Downlink Transmitter. 2-axis Gimbal. b) Sealed Container Laser Avionics Power distribution Digital I/O board III. Implementation: a) Ground Station - Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at Table Mountain Facility b) Flight System mounted to ISS FRAM as standard I/F. Attached externally on Express Logistics Carrier.
Document ID
20130009363
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Presentation
External Source(s)
Authors
Oaida, Bogdan
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
June 27, 2012
Subject Category
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: First Annual International Space Station (ISS) Research and Development Conference
Location: Denver, CO
Country: United States
Start Date: June 26, 2012
End Date: June 28, 2012
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
optical communications
Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS)

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