Drone-based validation of optical ground stations
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Projekttyp
angewandte Forschung
Projektbeginn
01.09.2026
Projektende
31.05.2028
Projektstatus
laufend
Projektkontakt
Projektmanager:in
Mitarbeitende
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung
Optical ground stations for laser communication must be validated before entering service, which today requires a satellite pass: rare, weather-dependent and impossible to repeat on demand.
In this ESA ARTES 4.0 activity a drone carries a payload that emulates an optical satellite terminal and is flown against the ground station instead.
FHNW is subcontractor to General Atomics Synopta and develops the airborne payload and tracking system, the optical design, the gimbal and fine-steering hardware, the optical modem and the software integration, and carries out the free-space validation measurements. The project concludes with a demonstration flight.
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Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Hochschule
Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt FHNW
Institut
Institut für Sensorik und Elektronik
Finanziert durch
European Space Agency (ESA). Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme
Projektpartner
General Atomics Synopta GmbH
Ateleris GmbH
Ateleris GmbH
Auftraggeberschaft
SAP Referenz
T456-0151-2 (DBV-OGS)
Schlagwörter
Free-space optical communication
Optical ground station
Drone-based validation
Pointing, acquisition and tracking
Optical ground station
Drone-based validation
Pointing, acquisition and tracking