PULSE-A Spacecraft

PULSE-A

PULSE-A

Name	PULSE-A (Polarization modUlated Laser Satellite Experiment)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	2U
Status	not launched, expected in 2026
Launcher	not launched
Organization	University of Chicago
Institution	University
Entity type	Academic / Education
Country	US
Oneliner	Demonstrate a way to increase the speed of space-to-ground communications.
Description	Demonstrate a way to increase the speed of space-to-ground communications. PULSE-A also aims to make space-to-ground operations more difficult to intercept and jam through an on-orbit tech demonstration. PULSE-A will use 10 Mbps polarization-keyed laser communications instead of radio frequency for a space to Earth call. Free-space optical communications improves on power, bandwidth, and effective data transfer rates over radio frequency.
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Keywords	Laser transmitter

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