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On-Orbit Demonstration of 200-Gbps Laser Communication Downlink from the Tbird CubesatSince launch in May 2022, NASA’s TeraByte Infrared Delivery (TBIRD) program has successfully demonstrated 100-Gbps and 200-Gbps laser communication downlinks from a 6U CubeSat in low-Earth orbit to a ground station. The TBIRD system operates during 5-minute passes over the ground station and has demonstrated an error-free downlink transfer of > 1 Terabyte (TB) in a single pass. This paper presents an overview of the architecture, link operations, and system performance results to date.
Document ID
20230000434
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Curt M. Schieler (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Kathleen M. Riesing (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Bryan C. Bilyeu (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Jesse S. Chang (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Ajay S. Garg (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Noah J. Gilbert (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Andrew J. Horvath (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Robert S Reeve (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Bryan S. Robinson (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Jade P. Wang (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, Massachusetts, United States)
Sabino Piazzolla (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
W. Tom Roberts (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Joseph M. Kovalik (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Beth Keer (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Date Acquired
January 11, 2023
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Photonics West
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: US
Start Date: January 28, 2023
End Date: February 2, 2023
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG16VR06I
CONTRACT_GRANT: FA8702-15-D0001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Portions of document may include copyright protected material.
Technical Review
External Peer Committee
Keywords
laser communications
optical
TBIRD

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