French Electro-Optical Bidding Network solar container communication station

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Who financed the optical ground station?

This development is supported by CNES and co-financed by a consortium of industrials: Safran Data System, OGS Technologies, ALPAO, and Airbus Defence and Space. The article presents the versatile architecture of the optical ground station. The optical instrument can be used for various applications, and optical benches are application-specific.

What are the applications of optical ground station?

The article presents the versatile architecture of the optical ground station. The optical instrument can be used for various applications, and optical benches are application-specific. The two main applications that are currently implemented in the station are LEO direct to earth data repatriation and satCOM feederlink.

What are Safran's optical innovations?

At the forefront of technological development, Safran's optical innovations complement its existing offerings for space communications on the market: TT&C modems, high-speed demodulators for Earth observation, multi-band parabolic antennas, electronically scanned antennas (AESA), and more.

TELEO et FrOGS : une solution optique « made in France » pour

Au sol : FrOGS, la station optique du CNES située à l''Observatoire de la Côte d''Azur, conçue et réalisée pour le CNES par un consortium industriel 100% français (OGS

Thales Alenia Space to develop SOLiS very-high-throughput laser

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the French space agency CNES, as part of the space component

Optical Ground Station: Safran revolutionizing

Unlike a traditional ground station with a radiofrequency (RF) antenna, an optical ground station consists of a telescope and

Final architecture of FrOGS, validation, and first results of GEO

The article presents in its first part, the final architecture of the optical station, dedicated to LEO direct to earth data repatriation and SatCom GEO feeder link.

Thales Alenia Space to develop SOLiS very-high

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the French space agency

Airbus and partners demonstrate very high speed optical link

The first communication links were achieved with various data rates by an Airbus ground station team in the Netherlands, relying on an existing ESA ground facility in Tenerife, Spain.

FrOGS: French Optical Ground Station for space laser applications

The article presents the versatile architecture of the optical ground station. The optical instrument can be used for various applications, and optical benches are application-specific.

Exail enables gigabit-speed Earth-to-space optical communications

Developed by Airbus Defense & Space in collaboration with CNES (French Space Agency) and hosted aboard the Arabsat Badr-8 satellite, TELEO features a laser terminal

Kepler Validates SDA-Compatible Space-to-Ground Laser Links

Kepler has demonstrated full Space Development Agency (SDA) standard data rates and acquisition in multiple space-to-ground scenarios between Kepler''s optical

TELEO et FrOGS : une solution optique « made in

Au sol : FrOGS, la station optique du CNES située à l''Observatoire de la Côte d''Azur, conçue et réalisée pour le CNES par un

Airbus and partners demonstrate very high speed

The first communication links were achieved with various data rates by an Airbus ground station team in the Netherlands, relying on an existing ESA

A major step ahead for #OGSTechnologies

The FrOGS demonstrator was designed by #OGSTechnologies as a versatile station for CNES to carry on potentially

TELEO and FrOGS : a made in France optical solution for very

On ground: FrOGS, the CNES optical station located at the Côte d''Azur Observatory, designed and built for CNES by a 100% French industrial consortium (OGS

Optical Ground Station: Safran revolutionizing space communications

Unlike a traditional ground station with a radiofrequency (RF) antenna, an optical ground station consists of a telescope and optoelectronic components for laser communication

Kepler Validates SDA-Compatible Space-to

Kepler has demonstrated full Space Development Agency (SDA) standard data rates and acquisition in multiple space-to-ground

A major step ahead for #OGSTechnologies

The FrOGS demonstrator was designed by #OGSTechnologies as a versatile station for CNES to carry on potentially multiple missions (LEO Direct-To-Earth, bidirectional

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