Paper Accepted to IAC '24

🚀 We’re heading to Milan! Our paper, Advancing Free‑Space Optical Communication System Architecture: Performance Analysis of Varied Optical Ground‑Station Network Configurations, has been accepted for presentation at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024).

What’s inside?

• A concise review of the global FSO ecosystem and remaining engineering hurdles.
• Comparative link‑budget and availability analysis of portable vs. large‑aperture optical ground stations.
• System‑level trade‑offs for scaling LEO‑to‑ground optical constellations.

Authored by: Eugene Rotherham, Connor Casey, Eva Fernandez Rodriguez et al.

Stay tuned—we’ll share the presentation schedule and slides once the conference program is finalized. See you in Milan!