Tools for Advanced Chain Access Analysis on Satellite Constellations

Kurzfassung

Free Space Optical (FSO) communication between satellites is a new cutting-edge topic that is gaining more and more popularity, due to its possible advantages with respect to standard radio communication. Another interesting and under development field is the one of satellite constellations. Feeder Links for Non Geo-Stationary Orbits (FL4NGSO) is a joint project between DLR, ESA and Kepler Communications which aims at studying the coverage and access availability performance of two Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations that use Optical (Uplink) Feeder links and Optical InterSatellite Links (OISL). The goal is to couple the fast, reliable and power efficient FSO communication with the coverage benefits of a LEO constellation.