William Kammerer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7 Papers
14 Citations
William Kammerer 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 7 publications. Previous affiliations of William Kammerer include Vassar College.
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Papers
Miniature Optical Steerable Antenna for Intersatellite Communications Liquid Lens Characterization
Faisal Fogle,Ondrej Cierny,Paula do Vale Pereira,William Kammerer,Kerri Cahoy +4 more
- 07 Mar 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the suitability of both types of liquid lenses for use in a space-based multiple access lasercom terminal was analyzed, and the worst-case link penalties were determined to be −0.5 dB for the Corning lenses at -0.8° steering and − 0.4 dB for Optotune lenses at −1.0° steering.
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
- 01 Jan 2020
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
- 01 Jan 2019
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.
CubeSat laser infrared crosslinK mission status
Paul Serra,Hannah Tomio,Ondrej Cierny,William Kammerer,Peter Grenfell,Grant Gunnison,Joseph Kusters,Cadence Payne,Paula do Vale Pereira,David Mayer,Jan Stupl,John Hanson,Simon Barke,Myles Clark,Tyler Ritz,Danielle Coogan,John Conklin,Kerri Cahoy +17 more
- 11 Jun 2021
TL;DR: The CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) project as discussed by the authors is a joint project between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Florida (UF), and NASA Ames Research Center.
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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
- 01 Jan 2020
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.
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