A trade-off study of lunar-earth optical communication links
Tomohiro Araki 2021
link:: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11852/118521X/A-trade-off-study-of-lunar-earth-optical-communication-links/10.1117/12.2599331.full doi:: 10.1117/12.2599331
Abstract
A new era of manned lunar exploration is dawning. Optical communication technology is expected to become indispensable for high-speed data transmission from lunar explorers to the Earth. This paper describes the expectations for contents from the Moon and the estimated amount of information. Then, two types of Lunar-Earth optical communication systems are discussed, including a comparison between direct communication with an optical ground station (OGS) and communication through a data relay satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO) around the Earth.