Free space laser communication experiments from Earth to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in lunar orbit
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Author(s)
Sun, Xiaoli
Skillman, David R.
Hoffman, Evan D.
Mao, Dandan
McGarry, Jan F.
McIntire, Leva
Zellar, Ronald S.
Davidson, Frederic M.
Fong, Wai H.
Krainak, Michael A.
Date Issued
January 2013
Journal
Optics Express
Citation
Sun, Xiaoli, David R. Skillman, Evan D. Hoffman, Dandan Mao, Jan F. McGarry, Leva McIntire, Ronald S. Zellar, et al. “Free Space Laser Communication Experiments from Earth to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in Lunar Orbit.” Optics Express 21, no. 2 (January 28, 2013): 1865.
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Abstract
Laser communication and ranging experiments were successfully conducted from the satellite laser ranging (SLR) station at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in lunar orbit. The experiments used 4096-ary pulse position modulation (PPM) for the laser pulses during one-way LRO Laser Ranging (LR) operations. Reed-Solomon forward error correction codes were used to correct the PPM symbol errors due to atmosphere turbulence and pointing jitter. The signal fading was measured and the results were compared to the model.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.001865
