The Interplanetary Network Progress Report

Volume 42-205

Jon Hamkins
Editor in Chief
May 15, 2016

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

Contents

Preface

Errata

Optical Ground Segment Performance Summary
Julian Breidenthal, Hua Xie, and Loren Clare

Design Reference Missions for Deep-Space Optical Communication
Julian Breidenthal and Douglas Abraham

Link Characterization for Deep-Space Optical Communications
Hua Xie, David Heckman, and Julian Breidenthal

Optical Communications Performance with Realistic Weather and Automated Repeat Query
Loren Clare, Gregory Miles, and Julian Breidenthal

The research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, service, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Copyright 2016 California Institute of Technology. U.S. Government sponsorship acknowledged.

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