session 4

Title

Space-based Optical and Quantum Communications

type

oral

Description

This session is focused on optical and quantum communications in space including all aspects of space-based optical and quantum communications: in-orbit, on-ground demonstrations and results; present and future scenarios; next generation systems and applications; terrestrial-based systems; small satellites; ranging technology with optical communications; imaging technology for optical communications; optical devices; optoelectronic subsystems and components; laboratory demonstration hardware; atmospheric propagation and modeling, transmission effects; compensation techniques; site-diversity techniques; modulation formats; trade-offs between optical and microwave (RF) systems; Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); advances in quantum communications; quantum internet; and atomic clocks.

Date

2026-10-09

Time

10:15

Room

Hall 5

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Laszlo Bacsardi, Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT), Hungary;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Kevin Shortt, Airbus Defence & Space, Germany;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Nader Alagha, ESA, Netherlands (Kingdom of the);

• Rapporteur: Dr. Christopher Vasko, European Space Agency (ESA), Netherlands (Kingdom of the);