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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2020
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Anaëlle Maho, Toulouse, FR;
Michel Sotom, Toulouse, FR;
Alexandre Delga, Palaiseau, FR;
Mickaël Faugeron, Toulouse, FR;
THALES, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A free space optical FSO space data transmission system includes a first ground or aeronautical optical terminal, a second optical terminal housed on board a satellite, and a relay platform. The relay platform is configured so as to move at an altitude higher than that of clouds and atmospheric turbulence, so as to receive the data transmitted by the first terminal in the MWIR/LWIR domain of long wave infrared LWIR wavelengths and/or medium wave infrared MWIR wavelengths, and retransmit the received data to the second terminal in the domain of short wave infrared SWIR wavelengths, and/or receive the data transmitted by the second terminal in the domain of short wave infrared SWIR wavelengths, and retransmit the received data to the first terminal in the MWIR/LWIR domain of long wave infrared LWIR wavelengths and/or medium wave infrared MWIR wavelengths.