Intersatellite Laser Link Experiment

Helmut Meier

doi:10.1117/12.941549

18 September 1987 Intersatellite Laser Link Experiment

Helmut Meier

Proceedings Volume 0810, Optical Systems for Space Applications; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941549
Event: Fourth International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

Optical space communication systems now under development need thorough testing and performance verification before transportation into space. However, due to the shortcomings encountered in laboratory and ground environment especially by atmospheric disturbance and short distances, tests cannot be performed satisfactorily and performance prediction has to rely strongly on analytic methods. The suggested experiment on stratospheric balloons at altitudes above 30 km can improve significantly the test conditions at low costs in comparison to space experiments.

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Helmut Meier "Intersatellite Laser Link Experiment", Proc. SPIE 0810, Optical Systems for Space Applications, (18 September 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941549

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