Overview The IN-orbit and Networked Optical ground stations experimental Verification Advanced (INNOVA) testbed is a NICT network of optical ground stations (OGSs) spread throughout Japan. INNOVA ...

Overview Hughes Communications is an American satellite internet service provider. The company mostly services customers in rural areas that are beyond the reach of "last mile" wired infrastructure. ...

Introduction High-speed Communication with Advanced Laser Instrument (HICALI), developed by JAXA and NICT, is an upcoming optical communications research program scheduled for launch on the upcoming ...

Overview NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in the oldest and largest space research center in the United States. GSFC builds spacecraft, satellites, and technologies to study the sun, outer ...

Overview The NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) is one of ten major NASA field sites with a stated purpose to advance technology in NASA's aeronautics and space missions. Glenn Research Center is based ...

Overview The GS-400 (aka RHINO) is an optical ground station that provides high-throughput uplink and downlink data streams for satellites in LEO. RHINO achieves data rates of 10 Gbps, consumes little ...

Overview The Wideband Global SATCOM system (WGS) is a high capacity satellite communications system planned for use in partnership by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the Australian ...

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 ...

Overview ViaLight Communications is a company that specializes in laser communication solutions for data transmission between flight platforms and optical ground stations (OGS). Flight platforms ...

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 ...