gary
12-07-2019, 01:00 PM
Providing sufficient communications bandwidth to and from the Moon
during upcoming missions is not easy.
All forms of communication are limited not only by the laws of physics,
but as electrical engineers are well aware, by the fundamental laws of
mathematics.
In an article today (https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/lunar-pioneers-will-use-lasers-to-phone-home) at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) Spectrum magazine web site, Michael Koziol provides a detailed
report on how the Orion spacecraft to be used on the Artemis 2 mission to
the Moon will use S-band radio communications but will complement
that with laser system called Optical to Orion, or O2O.
O2O's main task will be to stream 4K ultrahigh-definition video from the
Moon to the viewing public back on Earth.
Full story, pictures here :-
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/lunar-pioneers-will-use-lasers-to-phone-home
during upcoming missions is not easy.
All forms of communication are limited not only by the laws of physics,
but as electrical engineers are well aware, by the fundamental laws of
mathematics.
In an article today (https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/lunar-pioneers-will-use-lasers-to-phone-home) at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) Spectrum magazine web site, Michael Koziol provides a detailed
report on how the Orion spacecraft to be used on the Artemis 2 mission to
the Moon will use S-band radio communications but will complement
that with laser system called Optical to Orion, or O2O.
O2O's main task will be to stream 4K ultrahigh-definition video from the
Moon to the viewing public back on Earth.
Full story, pictures here :-
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/lunar-pioneers-will-use-lasers-to-phone-home