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Saathof, R. (author), Meskers, A.J.H. (author), van Kempen, F.C.M. (author), Witvoet, G. (author), Korevaar, C.W. (author), de Lange, T.J. (author), Crowcombe, E.E. (author), Fritz, E.C. (author), van de Pol, M. (author)Optical satellite communications is a maturing technology to enable word-wide access to high throughput internet. In the past years a lot of effort has been taken to increase the applicability and the TRL of this technology. In collaboration with industry, TNO initiated several developments for space and ground technologies. Many of these...conference paper 2021
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Saathof, R. (author), Kuiper, S. (author), Crowcombe, W.E. (author), de Man, H. (author), de Lange, T.J. (author), van der Valk, N.C.J. (author), Kramer, L. (author), Fritz, E.C. (author)Optical communications will complement radio frequency (RF) communications in the coming decades to enhance throughput, power efficiency and link security of satellite communication links. To enable optical communications technology for intersatellite links and (bi-directional) ground to satellite links, TNO develops a suite of technologies in...conference paper 2019
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Saathof, R. (author), den Breeje, R. (author), Klop, W.A. (author), Doelman, N.J. (author), Moens, T.M.N. (author), Gruber, J.M. (author), Russchenberg, T. (author), Pettazzi, F. (author), Human, J.D. (author), Mata Calvo, R. (author), Poliak, J. (author), Barrios, R. (author), Richerzhagen, M. (author), Ferrario, I. (author)For the next generation of very high throughput communication satellites, free-space optical (FSO) communication between ground stations and geostationary telecommunication satellites is likely to replace conventional RF links. To mitigate atmospheric turbulence, TNO and DLR propose Adaptive Optics (AO) to apply uplink pre-correction. In order...conference paper 2019
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Saathof, R. (author), den Breeje, R. (author), Klop, W.A. (author), Kuiper, S. (author), Doelman, N.J. (author), Pettazzi, F. (author), Vosteen, L.L.A. (author), Wildschut, J.A. (author), de Lange, T.J. (author), Moens, T.M.N. (author), Koster, S.E. (author), Gruber, J.M. (author), Spierdijk, J.P.F. (author), Kerkhof, P.J. (author), Russchenberg, T. (author), Truyens, D.C. (author), Crowcombe, W.E. (author), Human, J.D. (author), Mata Calvo, R. (author), Poliak, J. (author), Barrios, R. (author), Scalise, S. (author), Ferrario, I. (author)TNO and DLR envision optical free-space communication between ground stations and geostationary telecommunication satellites to replace the traditional RF links for the next generation of Very High Throughput Satellites. To mitigate atmospheric turbulence, an Adaptive Optics (AO) system will be used. TNO and DLR are developing breadboards to...conference paper 2018