Microwave Optics Technologies in Satellite Repeaters

In recent years, in the development of satellite equipment, the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility of spacecraft and the speed of communication systems data transmission has increased, and the requirements for reducing the weight and size of equipment onboard complexes have become more acute. The solution of these problems is the using of microwave optics solutions arising from the confluence of radio electronics, optics, microwave optoelectronics, and a number of other branches of science and industrial production. The purpose of the work is to show the prospects of this direction, as a priority in the development of on-board satellite equipment, to determine the main areas of application of microwave optics in satellite systems, to compare the quality indicators of radio photon technologies in comparison with radio frequency ones.