+ View the NASA Portal NEPP Website Search   Powered By Google Your Path: Home » Area of Emphasis Detail (AOE)   Search         BACK to Publication List Assurance of COTS Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight File Name: foassurance.pdf | Date Submitted: 09/17/01   File Size: 8KB Document Author Melanie Ott - Melanie.N.Ott@nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight Center Phone: 301 286-0127 | FAX: 301 286-9778 [Additional User Information] Download "Assurance of COTS Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight" (8KB) Now.   Description:   Abstract: Technology in the field of fiber optics has been mainly driven by the telecommunications industry. In order for the available technology to be useful for space flight applications, certain assurance procedures are necessary. Results from investigating how to choose a COTs cable that can withstand space flight have been published and presented previously as well as the issues, yet unresolved during recent studies. In order to resolve the issues associated with the usage of COTs fiber optic cable assemblies it was necessary to determine what assurance techniques were the most successful at simulating the long term effects of space flight environment on a cable assembly.   Related Project(s): EPAC (Electronic Packaging)   Related Area(s) of Emphasis: Newly Available Technologies and COTS Photonic Systems and Devices     NEPP Program Manager: Michael J. Sampson Responsible NASA Official: Michael J. Sampson Webmaster: Carl M. Szabo, Jr.       Last Updated: September 05, 2008