LASER COMMUNICATION TERMINAL Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: open light communication systems for space vehicles or ground stations to organize communications with space vehicles and ground stations. SUBSTANCE: laser communication terminal has N optical antenna modules placed in parallel on base member and fixed to it, supporting and turning mechanism kinematically linked with base member, module of laser transmitting devices that has K channels each incorporating laser with laser beam modulator; it also has data signal receiver, data signal source, N guiding devices, and N optical image analyzers fixed on base member, module of direct-display photodetectors incorporating N-K channels, and also module of coordinate-display photodetectors that has N channels. EFFECT: improved data transmission speed. 1 dwg