Towards the implementation of the HydRON Demonstration System

Josep Maria Perdigués Armengol; Harald Hauschildt; Guray Acar; Wael El-Dali; Christopher Vasko; Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou; Emiliano Re; Angelo Altamura; Alberto Mengali; Dirk Thurnes; Kasia Balakier

doi:10.1117/12.2660077

17 March 2023 Towards the implementation of the HydRON Demonstration System

Josep Maria Perdigués Armengol, Harald Hauschildt, Guray Acar, Wael El-Dali, Christopher Vasko, Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, Emiliano Re, Angelo Altamura, Alberto Mengali, Dirk Thurnes, Kasia Balakier

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Proceedings Volume 12413, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXV; 124131A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2660077
Event: SPIE LASE, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

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HydRON (High thRoughput Optical Network) is a project of the European Space Agency (ESA) initiated in 2019. HydRON ambitions to extend high-capacity terrestrial networks into space, seamlessly and by interconnecting all kind of space assets across different orbits and terrestrial networks (i.e., 3-dimensional optical network). The targeted capacity performance is orders of magnitude greater compared to today’s satcom systems (terabit/sec in contrast to gigabit/sec). This paper will present an overview of the HydRON-DS concept, including a summary of the technical baseline and associated programmatics submitted for approval at the ESA Ministerial Council in 2022.

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Josep Maria Perdigués Armengol, Harald Hauschildt, Guray Acar, Wael El-Dali, Christopher Vasko, Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, Emiliano Re, Angelo Altamura, Alberto Mengali, Dirk Thurnes, and Kasia Balakier "Towards the implementation of the HydRON Demonstration System", Proc. SPIE 12413, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXV, 124131A (17 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2660077

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