@inproceedings{3f218273509a4ad9acc56dc2f703c2dd,
title = "Optical satellite communication space terminal technology at TNO",
abstract = "Optical communications will complement radio frequency (RF) communications in the coming decades to enhance throughput, power efficiency and link security of satellite communication links. To enable optical communications technology for intersatellite links and (bi-directional) ground to satellite links, TNO develops a suite of technologies in collaboration with industry, which comprises of terminals with different aperture sizes, coarse pointing assemblies and fast steering mirrors. This paper presents the current state of the development of TNO technology for optical space communications. It mainly focuses on the development of an optical head with an entrance aperture of 70 mm, an optical bench for CubeSats and coarse pointing assemblies (CPAs). By continuing these steps, world wide web based on satellite communications will come closer.",
keywords = "Coarse pointing assemblies, Optical satellite communications, Optical space terminals",
author = "Rudolf Saathof and Will Crowcombe and Stefan Kuiper and {Van Der Valk}, Nick and Federico Pettazzi and {De Lange}, Dorus and Peter Kerkhof and {Van Riel}, Martijn and {De Man}, Harry and {More Authors}",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2535939",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Zoran Sodnik and Nikos Karafolas and Bruno Cugny",
booktitle = "International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2018",
address = "United States",
note = "International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2018 ; Conference date: 09-10-2018 Through 12-10-2018",
}