Bibcode
Sodnik, Z.; Smit, Hans; Sans, Marc; Zayer, Igor; Lanucara, Marco; Montilla, I.; Alonso, A.
Bibliographical reference
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8971, id. 89710W 13 pp. (2014).
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2014
Citations
5
Refereed citations
4
Description
The paper describes the operations of ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS)
during the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD) experiment,
performed in October and November 2013 with NASA's Lunar Atmospheric and
Dust Environmental Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft. First the transmitter
and receiver designs at the OGS telescope are described, which are
geometrically separated to prevent cross-talk. Problems encountered and
the lesson learned will be explained. As it turned the chosen
arrangement was not sufficiently stable in terms of alignment and the
paper will describe the solution found. A new industrial contract has
been placed for improvement of the design of two solutions will be
presented, which will both be tested in a follow-up laser communication
campaign, scheduled for end March 2014.