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Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) in Digital & Coding Fundamentals

Overview Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) is the combination and modulation of two signals which have a 90º phase shift from one another. It is the 90º phase shift which causes the two signals t ...

Optical Communications
Satellite
FSO Overview and Key Terms in Optical Fundamentals

Overview Free-Space Optics (FSO) communication, also called free-space optical communication, is an optical communication technology that uses light propagating in free space to wirelessly send a ...

Vision Engineering Solutions, LLC in Industry

Overview Vision Engineering Solutions, LLC provides state-of-the-art optical tracking imaging and sensing solutions and consists of an award-winning team of experienced professionals providing ...

Aerospace
Defense
Imaging
Optical Communications
Research
Satellite-to-Ground Links (SGL) in Satellite Fundamentals

Overview A Satellite-to-Ground Link (SGL) describes the communication between a satellite and a ground station. If the ground station is transmitting the signal up to a satellite it is an uplink ...

Optical Communications
Satellite
Space
Geostationary Orbit (GEO) in Satellite Fundamentals

Overview Geostationary orbit, also known as geosynchronous equitorial orbit (GEO), is the region of space surrounding earth above 35,786 km. Satellites in this region positioned along the equator will ...

Optical Communications
Satellite
Space
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in Satellite Fundamentals

Overview Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is the region of space surrounding Earth at distance less than 2,000 km, typically between 400 to 900 km. Most satellites orbiting the Earth lie in this region. Due to ...

Optical Communications
Satellite
Space
Telstar Satellite in Industry Applications

Overview Telstar is a series of satellites that helped launch a new age in electronic communications. The first in the line of satellites, Telstar 1, was launched on July 10, 1962 from Cape Canaveral, ...

NASA
Satellite
Space
Television
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) in Satellite Fundamentals

Overview Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) is the region of space surrounding earth that lies in between low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO). This is the region between 2,000 and 35,786 km ...

MEO
Optical Communications
Satellite
Space
NASA Optical Tech Commercialization Catalog (OTCC) in Government Agencies

Overview NASA has been collecting capability statements from any small businesses which can develop mission-ready optical communication technologies at a NASA Technical Readiness Level (TRL)-5 and ...

Contract
NASA
Optical Communications
Programs
Space
MOSTCOM in Industry

Overview MOSTCOM (also MOCTKOM, MOSTKOM, and JSC Mostcom) is a Russian telecommunications company specializing in free-space optics research and development. The name "MOSTCOM" comes from a ...

Russia