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P.UMAMAHESWAR
Introduction
Communication links between space crafts.
Reduce the number of earth stations.
The inter orbit link- microwave or optical
technology.
Optical technology offers a number of
advantages.
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Advantages Over Microwaves
The antenna can be much smaller
Optical beam widths are less.
Very high antenna gains on both transmit and
receive.
Low mass, low power terminal.
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Sout
ARTEMIS & EDRS- Programs of The European
SpaceAgency
SMALL OPTICAL USER TERMINALS (SOUT) .
has the features of low mass, small size and
compatibility with SILEX.
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Design of Sout
Two Phases
Produce a terminal flight configuration,
perform detailed subsystem design and
modeling.
Build an elegant bread board
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