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AIM OPTEL-µ implementation study on ISS

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 18:56
Start Date: 
2015
Programme: 
Discovery
End Date: 
2015
Programme Reference: 
14/M76
Country: 
Switzerland
Contractor: 
RUAG SCHWEIZ AG
Description: 

The Optel-μ Implementation Study on ISS has been set up to assess the feasibility of an IOD (In Orbit Demonstration) of the Optel-μ Space Terminal on the ISS (International Space Station).
The Optel-μ system provides an optical data downlink from a LEO (Low Earth Orbit) S/C to an Optical Ground Station with a data rate up to 2Gbit/s. It is being developed by RUAG Space in the frame of the ARTES program

Application Domain: 
Generic Technologies
Keywords: 
AIM
Data transmission
Earth
Earth Orbit
IOD
ISS
Interdisciplinary
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