S. A. Townes

Overview of the Mars Laser Communications Demonstration Project (2004)

Edwards, B. L., Townes, S. A., Bondurant, R. S., Boroson, D. M., Parvin, B. A., Biswas, A., ...

Performance trades for long-haul communication in Deep Space (2004)

Breidenthal, J. C., Townes, S. A.

Operational demonstration of Ka-band telecommunications for the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter (2004)

Townes, S. A., Breidenthal, J. C., Moyd, K. I., Patterson, J. E., Shambayati, S., Amoozegar, F., ...

The objectives of the operational demonstration are to verify that the anticipated benefits of the higher carrier frequency can actually be realized under realistic operating conditions, and if...

Long-haul performance tradeoffs (2004)

Breidenthal, J. C., Townes, S. A.

Performance trades for long-haul communication in deep space (2004)

Breidenthal, J., Townes, S. A.

A study was undertaken as part of the NASA BEACON architecture project, in order to find the most cost-effective methods for satisfying the anticipated demand. This paper serves to report preliminary...

Operational demonstration of Ka-band telecommunications for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2004)

Townes, S. A., Breidenthal, J. C., Moyd, K. I., Patterson, J. E., Shambayati, S., Amoozegar, F., ...