Aerospace Corp. is proposing a sort of poor man's optical communications for small satellites.
Credit: Aerospace Corp.
SALT LAKE CITY–Aerospace Corp. plans in October to test cubesat-to-ground communications using automotive LEDs and hobbyist telescopes. The Federally Funded Research and Development Center is conducting the experiment to see if it is possible to replace satellite S-Band radios, typically used for...
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