Free-space optical communication module for small satellites

RW Kingsbury, KM Riesing, KL Cahoy… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Communication bottlenecks, particularly in the downlink direction, are a common problem
for many CubeSat devel opers. As described herein, a CubeSat module for a CubeSat …

Ground terminal design for high rate direct to earth optical communications

DM Boroson, BS Robinson, DV Murphy… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Challenges of direct-to-Earth (DTE) laser communications (lasercom) between spacecraft in
low-Earth orbit (LEO) or medium-Earth orbit (MEO) and ground terminals can include short …

Link architecture and spacecraft terminal for high rate direct to earth optical communications

DM Boroson, BS Robinson, BM Reid… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A satellite in low-Earth orbit (LEO) or medium-Earth orbit (MEO) with a modern image sensor
and/or other remote sensing device can collect data at rates of 10 Mbps or higher. At these …

Network of extremely high burst rate optical downlinks

DM Boroson, BS Robinson, BM Reid - US Patent 10,205,521, 2019 - Google Patents
Traditional satellite-to-earth data transmission systems are constrained by inefficient relay
schemes and/or short-dura tion data transfers at low data rates. Communication systems …

Attitude determination using infrared earth horizon sensors

TNT Nguyen, KL Cahoy, MK Quadrino - US Patent 9,809,328, 2017 - Google Patents
Described herein are systems and methods for attitude determination using infrared Earth
horizon sensors (EHSS) with Gaussian response characteristics. Attitude information is …

Network of extremely high burst rate optical downlinks

DM Boroson, BS Robinson, BM Reid - US Patent 10,680,712, 2020 - Google Patents
Traditional satellite-to-earth data transmission systems are constrained by inefficient relay
schemes and/or short-duration data transfers at low data rates. Communication systems …

Methods, systems, and apparatus for global multiple-access optical communications

DM Boroson, BS Robinson, RJ Menrad… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A wide-field telescope and focal plane array (FPA) that look at Earth and satellites in low-
and medium-Earth orbit (LEO and MEO) from a satellite in higher orbit, such as …

Free-space optical communication module for small satellites

RW Kingsbury, KM Riesing, KL Cahoy… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Communication bottlenecks, particularly in the downlink direction, are a common problem
for many CubeSat devel opers. As described herein, a CubeSat module for a CubeSat …

Attitude determination using earth horizon sensors

TNT Nguyen, KL Cahoy, MK Quadrino - US Patent 10,220,965, 2019 - Google Patents
Described herein are systems and methods for attitude determination using infrared Earth
horizon sensors (EHSs) with Gaussian response characteristics. Attitude information is …

큐브위성을 위한 2 축 태양센서 개발 및 성능 시험

김한슬, 염승용, 김홍래, 장영근 - 한국항공우주학회 학술발표회 초록집, 2016 - dbpia.co.kr
인공위성의 자세 결정에 많이 이용되는 자세 센서로 태양센서가 있다. 본 논문에서는 2 축
저정밀 태양센서 개발과 성능시험 그리고 보정을 다루고 있다. 본 논문의 태양센서는 화각을 …