Laser Downlink plus Star Tracker
Overview
The satellite downlink incorporates a star tracker for guidance, which can also be used as a general ADCS sensor for the spacecraft. It has a data rate of 1 Gbps at 1000 km slant range.
The ground station is a 22" Newtonian telescope, incorporating coarse and fine star guidance cameras.
For safety and regulatory simplicity there is no uplink or beacon laser in the ground segment.
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Overview
- Name
- Laser Downlink plus Star Tracker
- Vendor
- Sinclair Interplanetary
- Subsystem
- Telecom Subsystem
- Component Type
- Optical Comm
- Form Factor
- SmallSat
- Heritage
- N/A
Vendor Details
- Name
- Sinclair Interplanetary
- Founded
- 2001
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Specifications
- Subsystem
- Telecom Subsystem
- Component Type
- Optical Comm
- Form Factor
- SmallSat
- Vendor
- Sinclair Interplanetary
- Dry Mass
- 0.335 kg
- Average Power
- 10.0 W
- Heritage
- N/A
- Status
- In Production
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