High data rate laser communications for the Black Hole Explorer

Jade Wang; Bryan Bilyeu; Don Boroson; Dave Caplan; Kat Riesing; Bryan Robinson; Curt Schieler; Michael D. Johnson; Lindy Blackburn; Kari Haworth; Janice Houston; Sara Issaoun; Daniel Palumbo; Elliot Richards; Ranjani Srinivasan; Jonathan Weintraub; Dan Marrone

doi:10.1117/12.3019274

23 August 2024 High data rate laser communications for the Black Hole Explorer

Jade Wang, Bryan Bilyeu, Don Boroson, Dave Caplan, Kat Riesing, Bryan Robinson, Curt Schieler, Michael D. Johnson, Lindy Blackburn, Kari Haworth, Janice Houston, Sara Issaoun, Daniel Palumbo, Elliot Richards, Ranjani Srinivasan, Jonathan Weintraub, Dan Marrone

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Proceedings Volume 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 130926W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019274
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) is a mission concept that can dramatically improve state-of-the-art astronomical very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) imaging resolution by extending baseline distances to space. To support these scientific goals, a high data rate downlink is required from space to ground. Laser communications is a promising option for realizing these high data rate, long-distance space-to-ground downlinks with smaller space/ground apertures. Here, we present a scalable laser communications downlink design and current lasercom mission results.

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Jade Wang, Bryan Bilyeu, Don Boroson, Dave Caplan, Kat Riesing, Bryan Robinson, Curt Schieler, Michael D. Johnson, Lindy Blackburn, Kari Haworth, Janice Houston, Sara Issaoun, Daniel Palumbo, Elliot Richards, Ranjani Srinivasan, Jonathan Weintraub, and Dan Marrone "High data rate laser communications for the Black Hole Explorer", Proc. SPIE 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 130926W (23 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019274

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