Optical Space Infrared Downlink System Explained

Optical Space Infrared Downlink System (OSIRIS) is an experimental program of DLR's Institute of Communications andNavigation^[1] (at Stuttgart university, Germany).

OSIRISv1 was hosted on the Flying Laptop satellite.^[1] to test 200 Mbit/s.

OSIRISv2 was hosted on the BiROS satellite.^[1] to test 1 Gbit/s.

ORIRISv3 was due to test 10 Gbit/s from the ISS in 2020.^[1]

OSIRIS4cubesat are in development.

See also

• Laser communication in space

Notes and References

1. https://elib.dlr.de/131844/1/Fuchs-2019-OSIRISv1_on_FLP_Results-ICSOS_2019.pdf OSIRISv1 on Flying Laptop: Measurement Results and Outlook preprint Fuchs 2019