TY - GEN
T1 - Plan for On-Orbit Demonstration of the Deployable Optical Receiver Array
AU - Jacobs, Daniel
AU - Bowman, Judd
AU - Patterson, Michelle
AU - Horn, Michael
AU - McCormick, Christopher
AU - Adkins, Matthew
N1 - Funding Information:
Development of the DORA cubesat and terminal are supported by NASA’s Space Technology Program (STP) through award 80NSSC20M0086.
Funding Information:
Abstract—The Deployable Optical Receiver Aperture (DORA) mission will demonstrate a novel infrared laser communication terminal for small satellites. The terminal uses a widefield receiver to reduce pointing requirements. We report the development of a low-cost 3U cubesat that will test the terminal in low-Earth orbit, and the planned concept of operations for the testing. The satellite design addresses the payload pointing requirement of 5◦ and power draw of up to 8 W with a combination of commercial and open source subsystems. On-orbit testing will be conducted between the cubesat terminal and a specially-designed ground terminal derived from the flight system. Development of the DORA cubesat and terminal are supported by NASA’s Space Technology Program (STP).
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The Deployable Optical Receiver Aperture (DORA) mission will demonstrate a novel infrared laser communication terminal for small satellites. The terminal uses a widefield receiver to reduce pointing requirements. We report the development of a low-cost 3U cubesat that will test the terminal in low-Earth orbit, and the planned concept of operations for the testing. The satellite design addresses the payload pointing requirement of 5° and power draw of up to 8 W with a combination of commercial and open source subsystems. On-orbit testing will be conducted between the cubesat terminal and a specially-designed ground terminal derived from the flight system. Development of the DORA cubesat and terminal are supported by NASA's Space Technology Program (STP).
AB - The Deployable Optical Receiver Aperture (DORA) mission will demonstrate a novel infrared laser communication terminal for small satellites. The terminal uses a widefield receiver to reduce pointing requirements. We report the development of a low-cost 3U cubesat that will test the terminal in low-Earth orbit, and the planned concept of operations for the testing. The satellite design addresses the payload pointing requirement of 5° and power draw of up to 8 W with a combination of commercial and open source subsystems. On-orbit testing will be conducted between the cubesat terminal and a specially-designed ground terminal derived from the flight system. Development of the DORA cubesat and terminal are supported by NASA's Space Technology Program (STP).
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U2 - 10.1109/AERO53065.2022.9843708
DO - 10.1109/AERO53065.2022.9843708
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85137577753
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
BT - 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2022
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2022
Y2 - 5 March 2022 through 12 March 2022
ER -