Testing Of The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK-A) Payload

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Testing of the CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK-A) Payload

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Ondrej Cierny, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFollow Paul Serra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Kammerer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Peter Grenfell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Grant Gunnison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joseph Kusters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cadence Payne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Paula do Vale Pereira, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kerri Cahoy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tyler Ritz, University of Florida John Conklin, University of Florida David Mayer, NASA Ames Research Center Jan Stupl, NASA Ames Research Center John Hanson, CrossTrac Engineering

Session

Pre-Conference Workshop Session III: Instruments/Science I

Location

Utah State University, Logan, UT

Abstract

The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK-A) is a risk-reduction mission that will demonstrate a miniaturized optical transmitter capable of ≥10 Mbps optical downlinks from a 3U CubeSat to aportable 30 cm optical ground telescope. The payload is jointly developed by MIT and NASA ARC, and is on schedule for a 2020 bus integration and 2021 launch. The mission purpose is to reduce risk to its follow-up in 2022, called CLICK-B/C, that plans to demonstrate ≥20 Mbps intersatellite optical crosslinks and precision ranging between two 3U CubeSats. The 1.4U CLICK-A payload will fly on a Blue Canyon Technologies 3U bus inserted into a 400 km orbit. The payload will demonstrate both the transmitter optoelectronics and the fine-pointing system based on a MEMS fast steering mirror, which enables precision pointing of its 1300 μrad full-width half-maximum (FWHM) downlink beam with anestimated error of 136.9 μrad (3-σ) for a pointing loss of -0.134 dB (3-σ) at the time of link closure.

We present recent test results of the CLICK-A payload, including results from thermal-vacuum testing, beam characterization, functional testing of the transmitter, and thermal analyses including measurement of deformation due to the thermal loading of the MEMS FSM.

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Testing of the CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK-A) Payload

Utah State University, Logan, UT

The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK-A) is a risk-reduction mission that will demonstrate a miniaturized optical transmitter capable of ≥10 Mbps optical downlinks from a 3U CubeSat to aportable 30 cm optical ground telescope. The payload is jointly developed by MIT and NASA ARC, and is on schedule for a 2020 bus integration and 2021 launch. The mission purpose is to reduce risk to its follow-up in 2022, called CLICK-B/C, that plans to demonstrate ≥20 Mbps intersatellite optical crosslinks and precision ranging between two 3U CubeSats. The 1.4U CLICK-A payload will fly on a Blue Canyon Technologies 3U bus inserted into a 400 km orbit. The payload will demonstrate both the transmitter optoelectronics and the fine-pointing system based on a MEMS fast steering mirror, which enables precision pointing of its 1300 μrad full-width half-maximum (FWHM) downlink beam with anestimated error of 136.9 μrad (3-σ) for a pointing loss of -0.134 dB (3-σ) at the time of link closure.

We present recent test results of the CLICK-A payload, including results from thermal-vacuum testing, beam characterization, functional testing of the transmitter, and thermal analyses including measurement of deformation due to the thermal loading of the MEMS FSM.

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