The NIMPH Project

Arnaud Fernandez (1, 2) , Amadou Gadio (2) , F Destic (3) , Julien Sommer (3, 2) , A Rissons (3) , Christophe Viallon (2, 1) , Nicolas Nolhier (4) , Olivier Llopis (2) , Éric Tournier (2, 1) , Jean-Guy Tartarin (2, 1) , S Lizy-Destrez (3) , J Chaix (3) , O Gilard (5)

1 UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
2 LAAS-MOST - Équipe Microondes et Opto-microondes pour Systèmes de Télécommunications
3 ISAE-SUPAERO - Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
4 LAAS-ESE - Équipe Énergie et Systèmes Embarqués
5 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]

The next generation of telecommunication satellites operating in the Ku and Ka bands consider radio over optical fibre (RoF) technologies as a good candidate for the future flexible payloads. During the last 10 years CNES has supported the evaluation of optical components for spatial requirements. At present, experimental feedback in real environment would accelerate the introduction of RoF technologies for spatial needs. It is in this context that Thales Alenia Space and CNES offered the opportunity to the students of Toulouse University to realize a nanosatellite dedicated to the orbital test of a RoF transmission. This 2 years old ongoing project is entitled: Nanosatellite to Investigate Microwave Photonics (NIMPH).

Mots clés: Nanosatellite; cubesat; fiber optics; microwave photonics; optical link; fiber amplifier; radiation; education

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Arnaud Fernandez, Amadou Gadio, F Destic, Julien Sommer, A Rissons, et al.. The NIMPH Project. 7th CubeSat Symposium , von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, University of Liege, Sep 2015, Liège, Belgium. ⟨hal-01274184⟩