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Palomar Receive Terminal (PRT) for the Mars Laser Communication Demonstration (MLCD) Project
2007
Proceedings of the IEEE
| Significant technological advances were made toward utilizing the Hale telescope for receiving the faint laser communication signals transmitted from an optical transceiver on a spacecraft orbiting Mars. The so-called Palomar Receive Terminal design, which would have supported nominal downlink data rates of 1-30 Mbps, is described. Testing to validate technologies for near-Sun (3 from edge of solar disc) daytime operations is also discussed. Finally, a laboratory end-to-end link utilizing a
doi:10.1109/jproc.2007.905054
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