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<div>Dear Lasercom People,</div>
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<div>You are invited to the workshop on „Optical LEO downlinks and Standardization“ in Berlin on May 17<font size="1"><span style="font-size:6.65pt;"><sup>th</sup></span></font>.</div>
<div>This workshop is embedded in CCSDS technical meetings (see details at <a href="http://public.ccsds.org/meetings/2011Spring/default.aspx"><font color="blue"><u>http</u></font><font color="blue"><u>://public.ccsds.org/meetings/2011Spring/default.aspx</u></font></a>).</div>
<div>Please <u>let me know</u>…</div>
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<li>If you plan to attend the workshop</li><li>If you wish to present some slides on a related topic (see the agenda draft blow)</li></ol>
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<div>Please forward this invitation to people that you think could contribute to the workshop (national agencies, universities as well as private companies are welcome).</div>
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<div>This workshop is an initiative of DLR supported by the DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung). It is believed that optical LEO downlinks have a great application potential but they require international coordination (interoperability, ground station network).</div>
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<div>Agenda draft</div>
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<div>Location: Room 0103</div>
<div><b>i) Introduction</b></div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;">9:00 Background and goals of workshop </div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;">9:20 User requirements: Data rate, Availability, …</div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;">10:00 Communication channel of optical LEO downlinks</div>
<div style="text-indent:35.4pt;">10:20 Comparison of direct LEO downlinks and GEO-relay scenario</div>
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<div><b>ii) </b><b>S</b><b>tandardization of optical space communications</b></div>
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<div style="text-indent:35.4pt;">12:30 Lunch</div>
<div><b>iii) Suitable technologies</b></div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;">Homodyne-BPSK Laser terminal <i>(R. Lange, Tesat)</i></div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;"><i> (M. Gerken, Zeiss Optronics) </i><i>to be confirmed</i></div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;">OSIRIS: Laser-source for microsatellite <i>(N. Perlot, DLR)</i></div>
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<div><b>iv) Discussion / Summary </b></div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;">Discussion, AOB, Summary</div>
<div style="padding-left:35.4pt;">17:00 End of Meeting</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>Nicolas Perlot</div>
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<div>Nicolas Perlot, Ph.D.</div>
<div>Digital Networks Section,</div>
<div>Optical Communications Group</div>
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<div>German Aerospace Center (DLR) phone: ++49/8153/281836</div>
<div>Institute of Communications and Navigation fax: ++49/8153/282844</div>
<div>Oberpfaffenhofen, P.O. Box 11 16 email: nicolas.perlot@dlr.de</div>
<div>82234 Wessling, Germany <a href="http://www.dlr.de/KN/KN-DN/">
http://www.dlr.de/KN/KN-DN/</a> </div>
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