Overview Adaptive optics (AO) are optical devices or technologies used to correct wavefront distortions on a fast timescale (100 – 1kHz). Adaptive optics are different from active optics, which work o ...

Overview Adaptive modulation is a technique used to modify the modulation of a signal based on the characteristics of the channel between the transmitter and receiver. It can also be used by an end ...

Overview SOTA or Small Optical TrAnsponder is a JAXA research project carried aboard the SOCRATES satellite that was launched in 2014. Its primary purpose was communications tests with NICT ground ...

Overview Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) is NASA's Program Office for space communications activities. SCaN has helped support over 100 missions which include tasks such as Earth ...

Overview Trains that have wireless communication capabilities, either for on-board customer use or transport communication services, typically operate in RF bands. With the emergence of FSO ...

Overview The Optical Link Study Group (OLSG) was formed by the Interagency Operations Advisory Group (IOAG) in November 2010.  The purpose of the OLSG was to determine if a business case existed for ...

Overview Weather conditions can alter whether an RF system or an FSO system is more viable for a partiular communication application at any point in time. RF systems have weaker performance in the ...

Overview Established on October 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States government which is responsible for the civilian space program. They ...

Overview Mynaric is a commercial manufacturer of wireless laser communication equipment for applications in aerospace. The airborne and spaceborne communication networks on which this equipment is ...

Overview Regardless of whether data is collected over a geostationary orbit (GEO), low earth orbit (LEO) or medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite network, the data will need to be downlinked to a ground ...