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OSIRIS4CubeSat—The World’s Smallest Commercially Available Laser Communication Terminal

dc.contributor.authorBenjamin Rödiger
dc.contributor.authorChristian Roubal
dc.contributor.authorFabian Rein
dc.contributor.authorRené Rüddenklau
dc.contributor.authorAnil Morab Vishwanath
dc.contributor.authorChristopher Schmidt
dc.contributor.otherOptical Satellite Links, Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
dc.contributor.otherOptical Satellite Links, Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
dc.contributor.otherOptical Satellite Links, Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
dc.contributor.otherOptical Satellite Links, Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
dc.contributor.otherOptical Satellite Links, Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
dc.contributor.otherOptical Satellite Links, Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-27T13:59:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-08T08:42:45Z
dc.date.available2025-10-08T08:42:45Z
dc.date.issued01-07-2025
dc.identifier.urihttp://digilib.fisipol.ugm.ac.id/repo/handle/15717717/36849
dc.description.abstractThe New Space movement led to an exponential increase in the number of the smallest satellites in orbit in the last two decades. The number of required communication channels increased with that as well and revealed the limitations of classical radio frequency channels. Free-space optical communication overcomes these challenges and has been successfully demonstrated, with operational systems in orbit on large and small satellites. The next step is to miniaturize the technology of laser communication to make it usable on CubeSats. Thus, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) developed, together with Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG in Backnang, Germany, a highly miniaturized and power-efficient laser terminal, which is based on a potential customer’s use case. OSIRIS4CubeSat uses a new patented design that combines electronics and optomechanics into a single system architecture to achieve a high compactness following the CubeSat standard. Interfaces and software protocols that follow established standards allowed for an easy transition to the industry for a commercial mass market. The successful demonstration of OSIRIS4CubeSat during the PIXL-1 mission proved its capabilities and the advantages of free-space optical communication in the final environment. This paper gives an overview of the system architecture and the development of the single subsystems. The system’s capabilities are verified by the already published in-orbit demonstration results.
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.subject.lccMotor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
dc.titleOSIRIS4CubeSat—The World’s Smallest Commercially Available Laser Communication Terminal
dc.typeArticle
dc.description.keywordslaser communications
dc.description.keywordssatellite communications
dc.description.keywordsCubeSats
dc.description.keywordsNew Space
dc.description.keywordsminiaturization
dc.description.keywordsglobal connectivity
dc.description.doi10.3390/aerospace12080655
dc.title.journalAerospace
dc.identifier.e-issn2226-4310
dc.identifier.oaioai:doaj.org/journal:3d2e6b56ca174751be92414eef3c6d4a
dc.journal.infoVolume 12, Issue 8


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