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Emulating an Optical Planetary Access Link with an AircraftVideo imagery was streamed from the ground to an aircraft using a free-space laser communication link. The link operated at 270 Mb/s over slant ranges of 5-9 km in day and night time background conditions. The experiment was designed to demonstrate autonomous link acquisition and served as a first proof-of-concept for a planetary access link between a surface asset and an orbiter at Mars. System parameters monitored during the link demonstration including acquisition and tracking and communication performance are discussed.
Document ID
20150009140
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/45195
Authors
Biswas, Abhijit (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kovalik, Joseph (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Regehr, Martin W. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wright, Malcolm (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
June 1, 2015
Publication Date
January 23, 2010
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Photonics West Conference
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 23, 2010
End Date: January 28, 2010
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Ground-to-Aircraft
Free-space laser communication
Streaming video

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