Space Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation Systems in the 5G Era
Colloquium
The 2019 Colloquium entitled "Disruptive Expansion of Space Laser Communications" will be held prior to the ICSSC on Tuesday, October 29, 2019
The Colloquium is organized by the Co-Chairs:
Zoran Sodnik, ESA, The Netherlands
Morio Toyoshima, NICT, Japan
Colloquium Synopsis
Free Space laser communications, enabling Inter-Satellite Links (ISLs), has recently gathered great attention in the satellite communications industry after many in-orbit verifications. Advanced and cost effective ISLs are being proposed in a number of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations at price points until recently felt to be unachievable. In addition, LEO to GEO optical data relay systems are being planned and deployed in Europe, the United States, and Japan by their respective space agencies and by commercial entities either in partnership with institutions, such as EDRS in Europe, or on a purely commercial basis.
With this progress in optical technologies, Mega-constellations are now being developed by the satellite communications industry, and space laser communication is a key technology to explore new business applications. One remaining development that promises to revolutionize both the remote sensing industry (high speed downlinks) and the GEO/LEO communications industry (two-way feeder links) is a Space to Earth laser connection.
Beyond free space laser systems, the industry is also aggressively seeking ways to introduce optical technologies into the satellite communications payload, both to interconnect and route free space laser ISLs and also to facilitate lower cost and lower mass elements of the payload. Optical techniques are being proposed for applications such as optical beam forming or optical conversion.
The colloquium will explore the current state of the art in all of these optical areas and will project forward to explore the impact of these technologies on future systems and applications.
Moderator: Bernard Edwards, NASA, USA
Space Laser Communications and Future Perspective in NASA
Bernard Edwards, NASA, USA
JAXA's Future Space Optical Communication Infrastructure: Japanese Data Relay System (JDRS)Shiro Yamakawa and Tomohiro Araki, JAXA, Japan
ESA’s Vision on Space Laser CommunicationsZoran Sodnik and Xavier Lobao, ESA, The Netherlands
Current Activities on Space Laser Communications in China and Future ProspectsWeibiao Chen, Chinese Academy of Science, China
DLR’s developments and vision on Direct-to-Earth Laser Links and optical GEO-Feeder LinksRamon Mata-Calvo, DLR, Germany
Moderator: Xavier Lobao, ESA, The Netherlands
SpaceDataHighway and Future Vision from a Global Laser Communication Operator
Hughes Boulnois, Airbus, Germany
Laser Satellite Communications - Australia's Plans and PerspectivesKen Grant, Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence, Australia
Ground-based Optical Communications Services: Innovative New Area for Space CommunicationsBarry Matsumori, BridgeComm, USA
Global coordination needs for a multi-mission optical ground station networkHennes Henniger, KSAT, Norway
Future Vision of Space Laser Communication Services for GEO and LEO Constellations from an Asian Satellite OperatorHiroshi Uchiyama, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Japan
Aspects of an Operational Direct-to-Earth Optical Ground StationMarkus Knapek, Mynaric, Germany
Moderator: Morio Toyoshima, NICT, Japan
NASA's 200 Gbps Direct-to-Earth LEO System: TBIRD
Bryan Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA
The Future of Laser Communications - Globally - And Beyond Into Deep SpaceRobert H. Brumley, Laser Light Companies, USA
R&D of Small Optical Terminal onboard ISS Based on Optical Disc TechnologyKyohei Iwamoto, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., Japan
Optical Communications Demonstration from a 1.5U Cubesat: New Era for Tiny Space Laser TerminalsTodd Rose, Aerospace Corporation, USA
Future business plan for Free Space Optical CommunicationsToshiharu Ito , NEC Corporation, Japan
Development of an Inter-Satellite Link Terminal for ConstellationsMarkus Knapek, Mynaric, Germany
Development of Small Laser Communications Terminals and Future Vision from Space Laser System ManufacturerHerwig Zech, Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Expectations of High Throughput Optical Communication for Micro/nano/pico-satellite CommunityShinichi Nakasuka, Tokyo University, Japan
Moderator: Alexander Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Applications of Quantum Communications in support of NASA's vision: To discover and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity
John Lekki, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, USA
Continuous variable quantum communicationsPing Koy Lam, The Australian National University, Australia
On a LEO-LEO Laser Communication and QKD LinkDenis Naughton, UNSW Canberra Space, Australia
Satellite-based QKD for protecting private and government critical infrastructureChristoph Marquardt, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
Towards a global quantum internet using satellite-based quantum communication receiverThomas Jennewein, University of Waterloo, Canada
Satellite-based Quantum Communication Experiment in ChinaLiao Shengkai, University of Science and Technology of China, China
SpooQy-1: A Quantum NanosatelliteAlexander Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore
