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WGS Expansions in Government Applications

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 ...

Defense
Satellite
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
ViaLight Communictions in Industry

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 ...

Aerospace
FSO
Germany
Laser
Optical Communications
Hodoyoshi-2 (RISESAT) in Government Applications

Overview Hodoyoshi-2 or Rapid International Scientific Experiment Satellite (RISESAT) is a 50kg experimental earth observing and research satellite launched by JAXA. One of its payloads is the Very ...

GEO
Ground Station
Japan
LEO
Optical Communications
Satellite
Transmission ends if signal is blocked in FSO Advantages

Overview A natural security feature of Free-Space Optics (FSO) is the need for there to be an uninterrupted signal between the transmitting/receiving units for the communication to be effective. If ...

Advantages
Optical Communications
The Aerospace Corporation in Industry

Overview The Aerospace Corporation is a California nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) headquartered in El Segundo, California. The ...

Aerospace
Defense
Space
TESAT in Industry

Overview Over the course of five decades, TESAT has developed in-depth expertise in manufacturing payload equipment for communication satellites and has established itself as a clear European market ...

Germany
KSAT
Laser
Optical Communications
Satellite
Telescope Material Selection in Satellite Fundamentals

Overview Due to various environmental parameters such as the fluctuating solar loading, the materials used to construct the telescope equipped aboard satellites must be considered and evaluated. ...

Optical Communications
Telescope
Transportable Optical Ground Station (TOGS) in Satellite Fundamentals

Overview Transportable Optical Ground Station (TOGS). See Optical Ground Station (OGS). Near real-time data downlinks from aircrafts, satellites, and high altitude platforms via high-speed laser ...

Adaptive
Optical Communications
Satellite
Telescope
SSTL in Industry

Overview Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) is a spin-off company of the University of Surrey, now fully owned by Airbus Defence and Space, that builds and operates small satellites. Its ...

RF
Satellite
Space