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Peter Grenfell
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 11
Citations - 53
Peter Grenfell is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: CubeSat & Payload. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications receiving 26 citations.
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The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK Mission (CLICK)
Kerri Cahoy,Peter Grenfell,Angela Crews,Michael Long,Paul Serra,Anh N. Nguyen,Riley Fitzgerald,Christian Haughwout,Rodrigo Diez,Alexa Aguilar,John Conklin,Cadence Payne,Joseph Kusters,Chlöe V. Sackier,Mia LaRocca,Laura Yenchesky +15 more
TL;DR: The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK ( CLICK) project as discussed by the authors demonstrated a 20 Mbps crosslink between two CubeSats that each host a laser communications (lasercom) transceiver.
Optical Communications Crosslink Payload Prototype Development for the Cubesat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) Mission
Paul Serra,Ondrej Cierny,Rodrigo Diez,Peter Grenfell,Grant Gunnison,Will Kammerer,Joe Kusters,Cadence Payne,Joseph Murphy,Tao Sevigny,Paula do Vale Pereira,Laura Yenchesky,Kerri Cahoy,Myles Clark,Tyler Ritz,Danielle Coogan,John Conklin,David Mayer,John Hanson,Jan Stupl +19 more
TL;DR: The Cubesat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) mission is a technology demonstration of <1.5U nanosatellite laser communications terminals, with downlinks from low-Earth orbit altitudes of 400-600 km to a portable optical ground station, and crosslinks over ranges from 25-580 km as mentioned in this paper.
Design and Prototyping of a Nanosatellite Laser Communications Terminal for the Cubesat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) B/C Mission
Peter Grenfell,Paul Serra,Ondrej Cierny,William Kammerer,Grant Gunnison,Joseph Kusters,Cadence Payne,Kerri Cahoy,Myles Clark,Tyler Ritz,Danielle Coogan,John Conklin,David Mayer,Jan Stupl,John Hanson +14 more
TL;DR: The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrossLink (CLICK) mission as discussed by the authors demonstrated a low cost, high data rate optical transceiver terminal with fine pointing and precision time transfer in a leq1.5U form factor.
Optomechanical Design and Analysis for Nanosatellite Laser Communications
Laura Yenchesky,Ondrej Cierny,Peter Grenfell,William Kammerer,Paula Do Vale Periera,Tao Sevigny,Kerri Cahoy +6 more
TL;DR: The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) mission is a technology demonstration of a 1.5U laser communications terminal for an intersatellite link and the pointing, acquisition, and tracking approach includes both coarse and fine systems.
Testing of the CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK-A) Payload
Ondrej Cierny,Paul Serra,William Kammerer,Peter Grenfell,Grant Gunnison,Joseph Kusters,Cadence Payne,Paula do Vale Pereira,Kerri Cahoy,Tyler Ritz,John Conklin,David Mayer,Jan Stupl,John Hanson +13 more
TL;DR: The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK-A) as discussed by the authors is a risk-reduction mission that will demonstrate a miniaturized optical transmitter capable of ≥10 Mbps optical downlinks from a 3U CubeSat to a portable 30 cm optical ground telescope.