Boriskin D.D.1, A.P. Plokhikh2, N.A. Vazhenin3

1–3 Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (Moscow, Russia)

1 ddboriskin@gmail.com, 2 plokhikh2001@mail.ru, 3 vnamail@mail.ru

Currently, due to the rapid exploration of interplanetary space, more and more missions are being sent to deep space, and they promise to generate an exponentially increasing amount of data in the form of complex scientific measurements, high-resolution images and video. As a response to these challenges, scientists' attention is focused on the possibilities of laser, or optical, communication due to its potential to exceed the bandwidth of radio channels. And although broadband laser communication for near-Earth orbit and satellites in lunar orbit has been verified, deep space creates new problems for it, which will not soon allow abandoning the radio range. Therefore, this article discusses both the results achieved and the prospects for using the radio band in promising deep space communication systems.

The purpose of the work was to assess the current state and prospects for the development of onboard deep-space radio communication systems.

Based on the analysis of performance of foreign space-based transponders, the current state and prospects for the development of on-board radio systems for deep space communications are determined. The frequency ranges of space communications are considered, predictive estimates for the development of signal-code structures are obtained and the prospects for using various modulation methods are defined. The SDST transponder application is considered in detail by the example of telecommunications unit of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) data-relay satellite.

The proposed forecast estimates can be used in the development of radio systems for deep space communications.

Boriskin D.D., Plokhikh A.P., Vazhenin N.A. State of the art and prospects for the development of onboard radio systems for deep space communications. Electromagnetic waves and electronic systems. 2024. V. 29. № 3. P. 97−109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18127/ j15604128-202403-10 (in Russian)

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