The two Laser Communication Terminals ( LCT ) used during this tests were built by the German company Tesat-Spacecom in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center ( DLR ).
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Iris AO systems make adaptive optics ( AO ) practical for a host of new applications, including astronomy, retinal and biomedical imaging, beam shaping, portable laser communications, and horizontal-path imaging.
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The " must-have technologies " include a deep space atomic clock, a large solar sail and a more advanced laser communications system to improve communication, navigation, and propulsion in future missions.
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Dr . Keith Wilson, a senior engineer in the optical communications group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said he would welcome the added research money in laser communications recommended by the study.
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Dr . Kavehrad's research contributions have been in the fields of : Satellite communications, Fixed radio communications, Portable and Mobile radio communications, Atmospheric Laser communications, Fiber optic communications and fiber optic networks.
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It will study the brightness of stars, laser communication systems, and will collect data on a phenomenon called " sprites, " mysterious red flashes that arc toward space from thunderclouds during electrical storms.
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The Kzinti fleet moved on to Earth, but in a replay of first contact, the peaceful humans used laser communications, fusion drives, and mass drivers to cut the first invasion fleet to ribbons.
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The Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration ( LLCD ) used a laser to transmit and receive data as pulses of light, in much the same way as data is transferred in a fiber optic cable.
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It will be a new standard to communicate from planet to planet, using radio / laser communications that are tolerant of signal degradations including variable delay and disruption caused, for example, by celestial motion.
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The programme is similar to the American Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System that was set up to support the Space Shuttle but EDRS will use a new generation Laser Communication Terminal ( LCT ) technology.
