LLCD operations using the Lunar Lasercom Ground Terminal

Daniel V. Murphy; Jan E. Kansky; Matthew E. Grein; Robert T. Schulein; Matthew M. Willis; Robert E. Lafon

doi:10.1117/12.2045509

6 March 2014 LLCD operations using the Lunar Lasercom Ground Terminal

Daniel V. Murphy, Jan E. Kansky, Matthew E. Grein, Robert T. Schulein, Matthew M. Willis, Robert E. Lafon

Proceedings Volume 8971, Free-Space Laser Communication and Atmospheric Propagation XXVI; 89710V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045509
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The Lunar Lasercom Ground Terminal (LLGT) is the primary ground terminal for NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), which demonstrated for the first time high-rate duplex laser communication between Earth and satellite in orbit around the Moon. The LLGT employed a novel architecture featuring an array of telescopes and employed several novel technologies including a custom PM multimode fiber and high-performance cryogenic photon-counting detector arrays. An overview of the LLGT is presented along with selected results from the recently concluded LLCD.

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Daniel V. Murphy, Jan E. Kansky, Matthew E. Grein, Robert T. Schulein, Matthew M. Willis, and Robert E. Lafon "LLCD operations using the Lunar Lasercom Ground Terminal", Proc. SPIE 8971, Free-Space Laser Communication and Atmospheric Propagation XXVI, 89710V (6 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045509

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