Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • CubeSat

Satellite Optical Communications

Faculty Advisor: Prof. James Flynn

Project Description:

The senior design students on this project are developing an optical communication system using lasers that will be able to establish and maintain links on orbit with a capacity of 1 Gb/s at separations of 200 km between satellites.  Students are need for transmitter and receiver designs and to develop aiming and tracking algorithms.