Paper Category: Communications
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FOCUS: Free-space Optical Communications Unit for Satellites
Laser and optical communication terminals offer tremendous opportunity for high-speed (>1 Gbps), highly-secure, inter-satellite and satellite-to-ground global communications. Traditionally, high size weight and power (SWaP) requirements have created challenges in realising COTS products, as well as, the application of such devices in small satellites such as CubeSats. A academic-industry consortium led by Northumbria University have…