Optical communications operations concept for the Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon

Farzana I. Khatri; Michael Bay; Jonathan King; Jessica Chang; Terry Hudson; Robert T. Schulein; Olga Mikulina; Jeffrey J. Zinchuk; Robert J. McGraw; Jacob Gregory; Paul W. Gramm; Nikki M. Desch; Steven J. Horowitz; Bryan S. Robinson

doi:10.1117/12.2649345

15 March 2023 Optical communications operations concept for the Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon

Farzana I. Khatri, Michael Bay, Jonathan King, Jessica Chang, Terry Hudson, Robert T. Schulein, Olga Mikulina, Jeffrey J. Zinchuk, Robert J. McGraw, Jacob Gregory, Paul W. Gramm, Nikki M. Desch, Steven J. Horowitz, Bryan S. Robinson

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Proceedings Volume 12413, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXV; 124130A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649345
Event: SPIE LASE, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

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NASA’s Artemis II mission includes an optical communication payload, affectionately known on board as “OpCom,” which is part of NASA’s Orion Artemis II Optical Communications (O2O) demonstration. We describe the OpCom system architecture and operations concept.

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Farzana I. Khatri, Michael Bay, Jonathan King, Jessica Chang, Terry Hudson, Robert T. Schulein, Olga Mikulina, Jeffrey J. Zinchuk, Robert J. McGraw, Jacob Gregory, Paul W. Gramm, Nikki M. Desch, Steven J. Horowitz, and Bryan S. Robinson "Optical communications operations concept for the Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon", Proc. SPIE 12413, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXV, 124130A (15 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649345

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