Overview Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is a Norwegian-based satcom company specializing in RF ground station services and Earth observation programs. KSAT also stands for Kvalitet, Stolthet, ...

Overview Starlink is a LEO satellite constellation being developed by the company SpaceX. The goal of Starlink is to deliver high-speed broadband internet using FSO technology to locations where ...

Overview Visual Light Communication (VLC), operating between 400-700 nm, shows great promise in the future of wireless communication. VLC technology can simultaneously utilize the emerging solid-state ...

Overview The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) is a United States military early warning, defense, and coordinated characterization satellite constellation that operates in the infrared domain for ...

Overview Airbus is a multinational European aerospace corporation founded in 1970 and headquartered in France. The company is the primary airline manufacturer of the world and has developed systems ...

Overview Elastic Optical Networks (EONs) are an application of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) that operates using very small spacings between transmittable frequencies, usually 12.5 GHz (or ...

Overview Free-space optical communications are typically performed in free space, such as air and vacuum, due to the high transmissivity of both mediums in the telecom waveband (1510 to 1600 nm). ...

Overview The Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) System is a series of space-observing ground stations in the United States and the Indonesian-Pacific. The GEODSS System ...

Overview InterSymbol Interference (ISI) is a kind of distortion that occurs when one or more symbols (pulses in digital baseband transmission) interfere with subsequent signals. This can cause noise ...

Overview FSO communication is not always stationary. Think of an on-the-ground ground-to-space communication station, such as the ones at Goddard. What if optical communication was needed somewhere ...