Connecting the warfighter with lasers in space: the space development agency and the optical communications terminal standard

T. Wayne, David; Rahimzadeh, Stephanos; Cote, Nick; Kepler, Daniel; Butterfield, Michael; C. Smith, Julie; Lacy, S.L.

doi:10.1117/12.3005520

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Connecting the warfighter with lasers in space: the space development agency and the optical communications terminal standard

Published • Mar 12, 2024

Authors:

David T. Wayne

Stephanos Rahimzadeh

Nick Cote

Abstract

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is developing the Proliferated Warfare Space Architecture (PWSA) – a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low earth orbit delivering space-based capabilities to the joint warfighter. The PWSA is a mesh network of optically connected satellites providing low-l...

Subject

Terminal (telecommunication)

Free-space optical communication

Space (punctuation)

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