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Introduction

Communication links between space crafts.

Reduce the number of earth stations.

The inter orbit link- microwave or optical

technology.

Optical technology offers a number of

advantages.

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Advantages Over Microwaves

The antenna can be much smaller

Optical beam widths are less.

Very high antenna gains on both transmit and

receive.

Low mass, low power terminal.

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Sout

ARTEMIS & EDRS- Programs of The European

SpaceAgency

SMALL OPTICAL USER TERMINALS (SOUT) .

has the features of low mass, small size and

compatibility with SILEX.

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Design of Sout

Two Phases

Produce a terminal flight configuration,

perform detailed subsystem design and

modeling.

Build an elegant bread board

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