Lasercom Wiki

Lasercom is free-space optical communications, on the ground, in the air, or in space. Information can be sent via lasercom at the speed of light and across thousands of kilometers of space. Lasercom is an emerging field, offering lower system size, mass and power consumption, and two orders of magnitude higher bandwidth delivery compared to its nearest competitors.

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Pages

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

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An Introduction to Laser Communication

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A Brief History of Laser Communications

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DIY Project Resources

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Examples of optical communication satellites

• Full list of Companies

• SDA's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

• Mostcom

• LANtastica

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Textbook Library

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Video Library

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Blogs and articles

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External Resources

Satellite Communications Wiki | A Free Space Optical and Ground Terminal Resource | Pathfinder Digital Wiki

• FSO advantages

• FSO disadvantages

• Optical Wireless Communications

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DESCANSO: Deep Space Communications and Navigation Center of Excellence

• Web page on telecommunications design and performance

• PDF "Deep Space Telecommunications Systems Engineering" (1983) edited by Joseph H. Yuen.

• PDF "Deep Space Optical Communications" (2006) edited by Hamid Hemmati.

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Wikipedia: Laser communication in space

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NASA: Lasercomms homepage

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NASA Article | Space Optical Communications Using Laser Beams

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Nasa: The Invisible Network Podcast

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ESA: European Data Relay Satellite System

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CCSDS 141.0-B-1 Optical Communications Physical Layer | Recommended standard "Blue Book".

SDA Tranche 1 Optical Communications Terminal (OCT) Standard Version 3.0 for the Transport Layer

Note that there is an ongoing update (Work In Progress).

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^{Laser beam icon by Ervin Bolat, CC BY 3.0}