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- 04:51, 30 July 2015 diff hist +3,466 N OpComms System II Created page with "System II was the OpComms group's second attempt at an optical link. This system featured motorized mounts, a commercial photodetector, and an upgrade to lasers, from the ear..."
- 04:46, 30 July 2015 diff hist +30 N System I Redirected page to OpComms System I current
- 04:46, 30 July 2015 diff hist +3,769 N OpComms System I Created page with "System I was the OpComms group's first attempt at an optical communication system. It used an LED matrix for transmission and a homemade receiver circuit to receive the signa..."
- 04:40, 30 July 2015 diff hist +73 m Precision Aiming
- 04:38, 30 July 2015 diff hist +77 m Precision Aiming
- 04:37, 30 July 2015 diff hist +30 N Aiming Redirected page to Precision Aiming current
- 04:36, 30 July 2015 diff hist +29 N Beam divergence Redirected page to Beam Divergence current
- 04:36, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1,437 N Precision Aiming Created page with "If the beam divergence of a transmitter is small, i.e. it forms a tighter cone, then more power actually reaches the receiver. However, low divergence means that the beam..."
- 04:34, 30 July 2015 diff hist +976 N Scintillation Created page with "The index of refraction of air depends on many factors, including temperature, humidity, and density. If coherent (in phase) laser light travels through an inhomogeneous mediu..."
- 04:32, 30 July 2015 diff hist +29 N Divergence Redirected page to Beam Divergence current
- 04:32, 30 July 2015 diff hist +556 N Beam Divergence Created page with "The path of light emitted from an aperture can be approximated by a cone. The divergence is usually specified as the half-angle of the two-dimensional triangle formed by the e..."
- 04:31, 30 July 2015 diff hist +746 N Optical Internet Backhaul Created page with "Optical communication provides significantly better transmission speeds than copper wiring or conventional wireless communications, and so for high-traffic, high-speed network..."
- 04:29, 30 July 2015 diff hist +50 N Optical Communication Record Redirected page to Amateur Optical Communication Record current
- 04:28, 30 July 2015 diff hist +7 m Amateur Optical Communication Record
- 04:28, 30 July 2015 diff hist +888 N Amateur Optical Communication Record Created page with "The current amateur radio record for long distance terrestrial optical communication is ~173 mi (278.4km), set in 2008. The record-holders maintain an extensive website at mod..."
- 04:26, 30 July 2015 diff hist +520 N JPL 1U Optical Communications Terminal Created page with "Although not yet flown, JPL has mature designs for a 1U lasercomm terminal to be flown on a future CubeSat. The terminal features a 6 cm transmit/receive aperture and has been..."
- 04:23, 30 July 2015 diff hist +513 N OPALS Created page with "OPALS (Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science) is an optical communications link module developed by JPL and mounted on the International Space Station. It established a 50 Mbp..."
- 04:22, 30 July 2015 diff hist +19 N LLCD Redirected page to LADEE current
- 04:21, 30 July 2015 diff hist +1,192 N LADEE Created page with "The Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD) was part of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission in 2013, a collaboration between NASA and MI..."
- 04:19, 30 July 2015 diff hist +22 N Fitsat Redirected page to FitSat-1 current